James Sidbury reveals how African identity emerged in the late 18th century 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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans-- History-- To 1863.
African Americans-- Migrations-- History.
African Americans-- Race identity.
American literature-- African American authors-- History and criticism.
Antislavery movements-- History-- 18th century.
Black nationalism-- History.
English literature-- Black authors-- History and criticism.
Abolitionismus
African Americans-- History-- To 1863.
African Americans-- Migrations-- History.
African Americans-- Migrations.
African Americans-- Race identity.
African Americans-- Race identity.
African Americans.
American literature-- African American authors-- History and criticism.
American literature-- African American authors.
Antislavery movements-- History-- 18th century.
Antislavery movements.
Black nationalism-- History.
Black nationalism.
Emigration and immigration.
English literature-- Black authors-- History and criticism.
English literature-- Black authors.
Ethnische Identität
History.
Nationalbewusstsein
Race relations.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Africa, Emigration and immigration, History.
United States, Emigration and immigration, History.
United States, Race relations.
Africa, Emigration and immigration, History.
Africa.
Afrikaner.
Amerika
Schwarze.
United States, Emigration and immigration, History.