This is a history of Africans in colonial America, from the slaves who worked on the earliest plantations to the free blacks. It thoroughly discusses the circumstances of their arrival in the New World (blacks were treated far differently from white servants), and the living conditions of both slaves-work, health care, food, housing, family life and other elements-and free blacks.
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This is a labor of love for Reiss, a retired internist who has written on Colonial medical history. First inspired by Colonial history in a college class he took in the 1940s, Reiss has turned that passion into a basic survey of the first years of American slavery. More narrative than analysis, the work deals topically with major subject areas, from the origins of slavery in the New World to the roles of blacks in American wars. He generally ignores slavery in Latin America. Relying almost exclusively on secondary sources, Reiss tells experts in the field little that is new, and his concept of Colonial is a bit odd, since in several chapters he carries the story well into the 19th century. This is a competent and readable book, however. Recommended for academic libraries.?Anthony O. Edmonds, Ball State Univ., Muncie, Ind.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"[a] wealth of detail" -- Choice
"one of the few books to focus on slavery and racism in 17th- and 18th-century America.... Rich in detail and documentation" -- C&RL News
"recommended" -- Library Journal
"touches upon many important aspects of human bondage in the colonial period" -- The Journal of American History
"one of the few books to focus on slavery and racism in 17th- and 18th-century America.... Rich in detail and documentation" -- C&RL News
"recommended" -- Library Journal
"touches upon many important aspects of human bondage in the colonial period" -- The Journal of American History
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