Bibliograph

Encyclopedia of free Blacks and people of color in the Americas, editor: Stewart R. King ; associate editor: Beverly C. Tomek

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Encyclopedia of free Blacks and people of color in the Americas, editor: Stewart R. King ; associate editor: Beverly C. Tomek

Language

eng

Abstract

When Columbus arrived in 1492, the first free black person -- a sailor -- set foot in the Americas. Over the next 400 years, as slavery spread and became entrenched in the Western Hemisphere, free blacks built communities throughout North and South America, playing a critical role in every region, colony, and country. From Canada to the Caribbean to Chile, they established vital economic and social institutions, championed the cause of abolition, and formed a bridge between the worlds of free whites and enslaved blacks

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Encyclopedia of free Blacks and people of color in the Americas

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliographyencyclopedias

Oclc number

780425860

Responsibility statement

editor: Stewart R. King ; associate editor: Beverly C. Tomek

Table Of Contents

List of documents -- List of maps -- List of tables -- About the editors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- List of contributors -- Chronology -- Entries A-Z

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