From the esteemed author of Paul Revere's Ride and Champlain's Dream, African Founders is a work of extraordinary scope, a nuanced, layered exploration of history and culture, of the invention of racism, and the impacts of African cultures on the early nation.
African Founders explores the little-known history of how enslaved people from different regions of Africa interacted with colonists of European origins to create new regional cultures in the colonial United States. The Africans brought with them linguistic skills, novel techniques of animal husbandry and farming, and generations-old ethical principles, among other attributes. This startling history reveals how much our country was shaped by these African influences in its early years, producing a new, distinctly American culture.
Drawing on decades of research, some of it in western Africa, Fischer recreates the diverse regional life that shaped the early American republic. He shows that there were varieties of slavery in America and varieties of new American culture, from Puritan New England to Dutch New York, Quaker Pennsylvania, cavalier Virginia, coastal Carolina, and Louisiana and Texas.
This landmark work of history will transform our understanding of America’s origins.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781982145095
Media Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 05-31-2022
Pages: 960
Product Dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 2.00(d)
About the Author
David Hackett Fischer is a University Professor and Warren Professor of History emeritus at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is the author of numerous books, including the 2005 Pulitzer Prize winner Washington’s Crossing and Champlain’s Dream. In 2015, he received the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
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