Marks John Garrison Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery: Race, Status, and Identity in the Urban Americas 9781643361239

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Автор: Marks John Garrison
Название: Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery: Race, Status, and Identity in the Urban Americas
ISBN: 9781643361239
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

История Америк

Рабство и отмена рабства

Социальная дискриминация и неравенство

Исследования азиатских и африканских этнических групп

ISBN-10: 1643361236
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 224
Вес: 0.32 кг.
Дата издания: 30.11.2020
Серия: The carolina lowcountry and the atlantic world
Язык: English
Размер: 22.61 x 15.24 x 1.78 cm
Ключевые слова: Black & Asian studies,History of the Americas,Slavery & abolition of slavery,Social discrimination & inequality, HISTORY / Latin America / South America,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
Подзаголовок: Race, status, and identity in the urban americas
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Prior to the abolition of slavery, thousands of African-descended people in the Americas lived in freedom. Their efforts to navigate daily life and negotiate the boundaries of racial difference challenged the foundations of white authority--and linked the Americas together. In Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery John Garrison Marks examines how these individuals built lives in freedom for themselves and their families in two of the Atlantic Worlds most important urban centers: Cartagena, along the Caribbean coast of modern-day Colombia, and Charleston, in the lowcountry of North Americas Atlantic coast. Marks reveals how skills, knowledge, reputation, and personal relationships helped free people of color improve their fortunes and achieve social distinction in ways that undermined whites claims to racial superiority.Built upon research conducted on three continents, this book takes a comparative approach to understanding the contours of black freedom in the Americas. It reveals in new detail the creative and persistent attempts of free black people to improve their lives and that of their families. It examines how various paths to freedom, responses to the Haitian Revolution, opportunities to engage in skilled labor, involvement with social institutions, and the role of the church all helped shape the lived experience of free people of color in the Atlantic World.As free people of color worked to improve their individual circumstances, staking claims to rights, privileges, and distinctions not typically afforded to those of African descent, they engaged with white elites and state authorities in ways that challenged prevailing racial attitudes. While whites across the Americas shared common doubts about the ability of African-descended people to survive in freedom or contribute meaningfully to society, free black people in Cartagena, Charleston, and beyond conducted themselves in ways that exposed cracks in the foundations of American racial hierarchies. Their actions represented early contributions to the long fight for recognition, civil rights, and racial justice that continues today.
Дополнительное описание: History of the Americas|Social discrimination and social justice|Slavery and abolition of slavery|Ethnic studies

Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery: Race, Status, and Identity in the Urban Americas, Marks John Garrison