Becoming African In America: Race And Nation In The Early Black Atlantic,New Harling Since 2007

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Becoming African In America: Race And Nation In The Early Black Atlantic,New Harling Since 2007The First Slaves Imported To America Did Not See Themselves As 'African' But Rather As Temne, Igbo, Or Yoruban. In Becoming African In America, James Sidbury Reveals How An African Identity Emerged In The Late Eighteenthcentury Atlantic World, Tracing The Development Of 'African' From A Degrading Term Connoting Savage People To A Word That Was A Source Of Pride And Unity For The Diverse Victims Of The Atlantic Slave Trade. In This Wideranging Work,