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Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
The Black experience and its impact on our nation's culture and character are illustrated in twelve chapters, from ancient Africa and the slave trade to such key eras as the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction; the Harlem Renaissance and the Jim Crow Era; and the modern Civil Rights and Black Power/Black Arts movements. The more than 150 historic items showcased here include documents, letters, images, and artifacts, many never before published....
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This volume is a collection of essays, articles, and documents intended to introduce readers to the history of Georgetown University's involvement in slavery and recent efforts to confront its troubling past. Georgetown's early history, which is closely tied to that of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in Maryland, is a microcosm of the whole history of American slavery: the entrenchment of chattel slavery in the tobacco economy of the Chesapeake...
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