The Resource American slavery : a very short introduction, Heather Andrea Williams
American slavery : a very short introduction, Heather Andrea Williams
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The item American slavery : a very short introduction, Heather Andrea Williams represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- "This short introduction to American slavery begins with the Portuguese capture of Africans in the 1400s and, drawing upon the scholarship of numerous historians as well as the analysis of primary documents, explores the development of slavery in the American colonies and later, the United States of America. It analyzes early legislation in Virginia that differentiated Indians and Africans from Europeans and began the process of stratifying society based on racial categories. Unlike some recent scholarship, it is attentive to the actual labor that enslaved people performed, reminding us that more than anything else, slavery was a system of forced labor that produced wealth for a new nation. And, it considers the tensions that arose between enslaved and enslavers as they interacted with one another, exerting control and undermining efforts at domination. Throughout, it explores slavery within the context of moral contradiction that included the development of an ideology that valorized freedom alongside a practice and justification of slavery that deemed inferior and denied freedom to a large swath of the population. The book explores conflicts between abolitionists who worked to eliminate slavery and pro-slavery advocates who worked doggedly to sustain the power and wealth they derived from the institution. It ends with the abolition of slavery in America following the Civil War"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 140 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
-
- The Atlantic slave trade
- Putting slavery into place
- The work of slavery
- Struggles for control
- Surviving slavery
- Taking slavery apart
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780199922680
- Label
- American slavery : a very short introduction
- Title
- American slavery
- Title remainder
- a very short introduction
- Statement of responsibility
- Heather Andrea Williams
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This short introduction to American slavery begins with the Portuguese capture of Africans in the 1400s and, drawing upon the scholarship of numerous historians as well as the analysis of primary documents, explores the development of slavery in the American colonies and later, the United States of America. It analyzes early legislation in Virginia that differentiated Indians and Africans from Europeans and began the process of stratifying society based on racial categories. Unlike some recent scholarship, it is attentive to the actual labor that enslaved people performed, reminding us that more than anything else, slavery was a system of forced labor that produced wealth for a new nation. And, it considers the tensions that arose between enslaved and enslavers as they interacted with one another, exerting control and undermining efforts at domination. Throughout, it explores slavery within the context of moral contradiction that included the development of an ideology that valorized freedom alongside a practice and justification of slavery that deemed inferior and denied freedom to a large swath of the population. The book explores conflicts between abolitionists who worked to eliminate slavery and pro-slavery advocates who worked doggedly to sustain the power and wealth they derived from the institution. It ends with the abolition of slavery in America following the Civil War"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Williams, Heather Andrea
- Dewey number
- 306.3/620973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E441
- LC item number
- .W723 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Very short introductions
- Series volume
- 396
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Slavery
- HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Slavery
- United States
- Sklaverei
- Sklavenhandel
- USA
- Esclavage
- Label
- American slavery : a very short introduction, Heather Andrea Williams
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Atlantic slave trade -- Putting slavery into place -- The work of slavery -- Struggles for control -- Surviving slavery -- Taking slavery apart -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn862575422
- Dimensions
- 18 cm.
- Extent
- 140 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199922680
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2013044645
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 40024316110
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780199922680
- (OCoLC)862575422
- Label
- American slavery : a very short introduction, Heather Andrea Williams
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The Atlantic slave trade -- Putting slavery into place -- The work of slavery -- Struggles for control -- Surviving slavery -- Taking slavery apart -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn862575422
- Dimensions
- 18 cm.
- Extent
- 140 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199922680
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2013044645
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 40024316110
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780199922680
- (OCoLC)862575422
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