Author

Contributions

  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. - Contributor

Publication

2002 - National Geographic, Washington, D.C, District of Columbia

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC305.896/073
  • LCCE185 .D63 2002

Description

"Jubilee provides a clear-eyed chronicle of slavery and its enormous effect on our nation's history and economy, tracing the origin and development of the slave trade and the realities of life for Africans - slaves, runaways, and freedmen alike - in pre-Civil War America. The book also illustrates how the conditions of the "peculiar institution" were transformed into a vibrant, distinctively African-American culture, a complex and fascinating process of social, cultural, political, and economic change that embraces everything from language and religion to family life and self-expression. This stunning lesson in human adaptability shows how men and women with no rights - and often not even a language in common - nevertheless formed strong communities, melded African beliefs with Christianity to create a new, comforting, and joyous religious tradition, and survived deliberately dehumanizing oppression without ever surrendering their individuality."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

  • Jubilee: the emergence of African-American cultureNational Geographic2002-01-01

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