Middle Passages
African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
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Word Count
136,000 words, Guess
Page Count
544 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivemiddlepassagesaf00camp_0
- Internet Archivemiddlepassagesaf00camp
- ISBN-101594200831
- ISBN-139781594200830
- LibraryThing1668325
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- Library of Congress Control Number2005058672
- OCLC Control Number62888382
- Better World Books9781594200830
- Open LibraryOL8875937M
Classifications
- LCCDT12.25 .C36 2006
- LCCDT12.25.C36 2006
Description
A three-century history of African-American journeys back to Africa, from an America where depicted travelers or their ancestors were slaves, traces the experiences of such people as W.E.B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the founders of Liberia.
First Sentence
IN THE FOUR HUNDRED YEARS after Columbus touched ground at San Salvador, some fifteen million Africans were loaded into ships and borne into the maelstrom of New World slavery.
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- Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
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