Before the Mayflower; a History of Black AmericaTraces black history from its origins in the great empires of western Africa, the transatlantic journey to slavery, through Reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, and the civil rights upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s. |
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Page 54
... House and rang the fire bell . People poured out of houses . A small boy ran through the crowd holding his head and scream- ing , " Murder ! Murder ! " He told the people that the sentry in front of the custom house had bashed him ...
... House and rang the fire bell . People poured out of houses . A small boy ran through the crowd holding his head and scream- ing , " Murder ! Murder ! " He told the people that the sentry in front of the custom house had bashed him ...
Page 79
... house slaves , no matter how many airs they put on , had a deep interest in the activities in the slave quar- ters . Not everyone , it should be noted , wanted to be a house slave . In the quarters , a man had a certain amount of ...
... house slaves , no matter how many airs they put on , had a deep interest in the activities in the slave quar- ters . Not everyone , it should be noted , wanted to be a house slave . In the quarters , a man had a certain amount of ...
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... house . On Sun- day , July 16 , the slave army was to strike at six points , taking pos- session of arsenals , guardhouses , powder magazines , naval stores . All whites were to be killed . Vesey's house on the eve of the insurrection ...
... house . On Sun- day , July 16 , the slave army was to strike at six points , taking pos- session of arsenals , guardhouses , powder magazines , naval stores . All whites were to be killed . Vesey's house on the eve of the insurrection ...
Contents
THE AFRICAN PAST | 3 |
BEFORE THE MAYFLOWER | 29 |
THE NEGRO IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | 48 |
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