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From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans Hardcover – April 11, 2000

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This is the dramatic, exciting, authoritative story of the experiences of African Americans from the time they left Africa to their continued struggle for equality at the end of the twentieth century.

Since its original publication in 1947, From Slavery to Freedom has stood as the definitive his-tory of African Americans. Coauthors John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., give us a vividly detailed account of the journey of African Americans from their origins in the civilizations of Africa, through their years of slavery in the New World, to the successful struggle for freedom and its aftermath in the West Indies, Latin America, and the United States.

This eighth edition has been revised to include expanded coverage of Africa; additional material in every chapter on the history and current situation of African Americans in the United States; new charts, maps, and black-and-white illustrations; and a third four-page color insert. The authors incorporate recent scholarship to examine slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the period between World War I and World War II (including the Harlem Renaissance).

From Slavery to Freedom describes the rise of slavery, the interaction of European and African cultures in the New World, and the emergence of a distinct culture and way of life among slaves and free blacks. The authors examine the role of blacks in the nation's wars, the rise of an articulate, restless free black community by the end of the eighteenth century, and the growing resistance to slavery among an expanding segment of the black population.

The book deals in considerable detail with the period after slavery, including the arduous struggle for first-class citizenship that has extended into the twentieth century. Many developments in recent African American history are examined, including demographic change; educational efforts; literary and cultural changes; problems in housing, health, juvenile matters, and poverty; the expansion of the black middle class; and the persistence of discrimination in the administration of justice.

All who are interested in African Americans' continuing quest for equality will find a wealth of information based on the recent findings of many scholars. Professors Franklin and Moss have captured the tragedies and triumphs, the hurts and joys, the failures and successes, of blacks in a lively and readable volume that remains the most authoritative and comprehensive book of its kind.

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This is the dramatic, exciting, authoritative story of the experiences of African Americans from the time they left Africa to their continued struggle for equality at the end of the twentieth century.

Since its original publication in 1947, From Slavery to Freedom has stood as the definitive his-tory of African Americans. Coauthors John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., give us a vividly detailed account of the journey of African Americans from their origins in the civilizations of Africa, through their years of slavery in the New World, to the successful struggle for freedom and its aftermath in the West Indies, Latin America, and the United States.

This eighth edition has been revised to include expanded coverage of Africa; additional material in every chapter on the history and current situation of African Americans in the United States; new charts, maps, and black-and-white illustrations; and a third four-page color insert. The authors incorporate recent scholarship to examine slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the period between World War I and World War II (including the Harlem Renaissance). From Slavery to Freedom describes the rise of slavery, the interaction of European and African cultures in the New World, and the emergence of a distinct culture and way of life among slaves and free blacks. The authors examine the role of blacks in the nation's wars, the rise of an articulate, restless free black community by the end of the eighteenth century, and the growing resistance to slavery among an expanding segment of the black population.

The book deals in considerable detail with the period after slavery, including the arduous struggle for first-class citizenship that has extended into the twentieth century. Many developments in recent African American history are examined, including demographic change; educational efforts; literary and cultural changes; problems in housing, health, juvenile matters, and poverty; the expansion of the black middle class; and the persistence of discrimination in the administration of justice.

All who are interested in African Americans' continuing quest for equality will find a wealth of information based on the recent findings of many scholars. Professors Franklin and Moss have captured the tragedies and triumphs, the hurts and joys, the failures and successes, of blacks in a lively and readable volume that remains the most authoritative and comprehensive book of its kind.

About the Author

John Hope Franklin is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus at Duke University, and was for seven years Professor of Legal History at Duke University Law School. He has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the National Endowment for the Humanities Charles Frankel Award. He is the author of many books on African-American history, including The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century (1993) and Race and History (1989).

Alfred A. Moss, Jr., is Associate Professor of History at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of The American Negro Academy: Voice of the Talented Tenth (1981) and of numerous articles, coauthor of Looking at History (1986), and coeditor of The Facts of Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of John Hope Franklin (1991).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf; Subsequent edition (April 11, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 742 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0375406719
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375406713
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.8 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.4 x 1.2 x 9.3 inches

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Julian Simms

Great Book

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Great insight into history. I still have this book and would like to reread it.

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This book should be required reading for all current and future citizens of the United States. Those who contemplate any role or career in government should devote especially close examination to this definitive history.

We will never extinguish the fire of inequality and racism until we all see each other as beings, in the image of God, with the same joy, despair, hope and fear.

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Ron Vincent

A history everyone should know

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John Hope Franklin's volume is a touchstone for so many. He inspired generations of students, historians, and readers. He provides an in depth overview of slavery, its consequences, and its barbarities in American society. He is unflinching and precise. His scholarship is impeccable and his mastery of details unmatched.

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I think this book is a good read. Especially if you're in African American History classes and you want to preread before school starts. However they are using the updated version but I bought this one as well because this book is smaller and it's lighter weight but info is the same.

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"We were there, too"

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You've got to read this book to understand that it isn't just "A History of African Americans," it's a history of the people of this country.

I got it (the book) after learning of the 2009 death of the main author, John Hope Franklin, born in 1915. He was a very educated man, a professor at many colleges, and he was an African American, who wrote a lot.

"From Slavery to Freedom" was first published in 1947 ... when "Freedom" was still to be won - and he wrote about that battle for Freedom in eight subsequent editions. In the latest of those editions, he had a co-author, also African American and a professor, Alfred A. Moss, Jr.

We would hope that, in spite of Franklin's death, Prof. Moss will continue that journey. Because the journey continues .... in all of us.

Franklin said of the book, "My challenge was to weave into the fabric of American history enough of the presence of blacks so that the story of the United States could be told adequately and fairly." (The quote is from Wikepedia).

Of course, he could have said, "Throughout the history of America, we were there, too.

Read the book and learn about us. African Americans and Americans.

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I am a student of African-American history, and this is the most thorough book on African-American history I have read. From this book, one can gain a comprehensive view of the history of Blacks in Africa before they were brought to America as slaves. Once in America, the book expounds on every facet of Black life in every period of history from slavery to the contemporary era.

This book should be a part of the library of any serious student of African-American history.

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Retta

Great text book we all need to read.

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History from the African American's point of view. Great text book. I wish this was taught in our schools. Our children need to know the true history to as not to repeat it.

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Die érste Auflage dieses Bucher erschien 1947. Mir liegt jetzt die 7.Aufl. von 1994 vor und es wichtig zu wissen, dass jede Neuauflage eine gründliche Überarbeitung und Aktualisierung darstellte, nie einen unveränderten Nachdruck.
Der Titel "From ... to..." lässt an eine gradlinige Entwicklung denken. Dieses Buch zeigt aber auf ca 575 Seiten (plus ca 100 Seiten Anmerkungen, Quellen, Register) überzeugend auf, dass es keine gradlinige Entwicklung gegeben hat. Es gab im 18. und 19. Jh. ganz unterschiedliche Phasen und nicht von Beginn an war das "Sklavenproblem" auch ein "Rassenproblem".
Diese sehr differenzierte Entwicklung wird sehr überzeugend und in gut verständlicher Sprache dargestellt. Jedem empfohlen, der wissen möchte, wie die "African-Americans" eigentlich nach Amerika gekommen sind und wie sich ihr Schicksal dort über fast drei Jahrhunderte entwickelt hat.

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