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The Resource The cause of freedom : a concise history of African Americans, Jonathan Scott Holloway

The cause of freedom : a concise history of African Americans, Jonathan Scott Holloway

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"In telling the story of the African American past The Cause of Freedom demonstrates how difficult it is to answer this question. Even if we somehow ignore for a moment that the history of the African American presence in North America predates the establishment of this country by over 150 years, we are left with the puzzle: the United States of America takes great pride in its commitment to freedom and yet somehow accepted the preservation of slavery in its founding documents. Similarly, in a country that places so much rhetorical importance on the equality of opportunity, we have reconciled ourselves too easily to the sense that there's little more to be done to make accommodations for the structural inequalities that were birthed by racialized slavery and that remain with us in the present day. Answering what it means to be American, however, does not go far enough in terms of capturing the totality of the African American past. Other deceptively brief questions speak to similarly complicated answers. For example, because the African American past predates the founding of the United States, and because that pre-Declaration history is overwhelmingly defined by the daily brutalities associated with racialized slavery, it is useful to pose the broader question, "What does it mean to be human?" Asking this question helps us gain insight into English settlers' mindset as they justified creating a system of racialized chattel slavery in colonial Virginia to replace the system of indentured servitude that they brought with them when they initially crossed the Atlantic"--
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
x, 150 pages
Contents
  • Race, slavery, and ideology in colonial North America
  • Resistance and African American identity before the Civil War
  • War, freedom, and a nation reconsidered
  • Civilization, race, and the politics of uplift
  • The making of the modern Civil Rights Movement(s)
  • The paradoxes of post-civil rights America
  • Epilogue: Stony the road we trod
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9780190915193
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The cause of freedom : a concise history of African Americans
Title
The cause of freedom
Title remainder
a concise history of African Americans
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan Scott Holloway
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
"In telling the story of the African American past The Cause of Freedom demonstrates how difficult it is to answer this question. Even if we somehow ignore for a moment that the history of the African American presence in North America predates the establishment of this country by over 150 years, we are left with the puzzle: the United States of America takes great pride in its commitment to freedom and yet somehow accepted the preservation of slavery in its founding documents. Similarly, in a country that places so much rhetorical importance on the equality of opportunity, we have reconciled ourselves too easily to the sense that there's little more to be done to make accommodations for the structural inequalities that were birthed by racialized slavery and that remain with us in the present day. Answering what it means to be American, however, does not go far enough in terms of capturing the totality of the African American past. Other deceptively brief questions speak to similarly complicated answers. For example, because the African American past predates the founding of the United States, and because that pre-Declaration history is overwhelmingly defined by the daily brutalities associated with racialized slavery, it is useful to pose the broader question, "What does it mean to be human?" Asking this question helps us gain insight into English settlers' mindset as they justified creating a system of racialized chattel slavery in colonial Virginia to replace the system of indentured servitude that they brought with them when they initially crossed the Atlantic"--
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Holloway, Jonathan Scott
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non fiction
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  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • United States
  • Noirs américains
  • Noirs américains
  • États-Unis
  • HISTORY / African American & Black
  • HISTORY / Social History
  • HISTORY / United States
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Race relations
  • United States
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adult
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The cause of freedom : a concise history of African Americans, Jonathan Scott Holloway
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
Content type code
  • txt
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Contents
  • Race, slavery, and ideology in colonial North America
  • Resistance and African American identity before the Civil War
  • War, freedom, and a nation reconsidered
  • Civilization, race, and the politics of uplift
  • The making of the modern Civil Rights Movement(s)
  • The paradoxes of post-civil rights America
  • Epilogue: Stony the road we trod
Control code
1178638694
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
x, 150 pages
Isbn
9780190915193
Lccn
2020037167
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other control number
40030404990
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1178638694
Label
The cause of freedom : a concise history of African Americans, Jonathan Scott Holloway
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Race, slavery, and ideology in colonial North America
  • Resistance and African American identity before the Civil War
  • War, freedom, and a nation reconsidered
  • Civilization, race, and the politics of uplift
  • The making of the modern Civil Rights Movement(s)
  • The paradoxes of post-civil rights America
  • Epilogue: Stony the road we trod
Control code
1178638694
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
x, 150 pages
Isbn
9780190915193
Lccn
2020037167
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other control number
40030404990
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1178638694

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