| Nantucket's People of Color: Essays on History, Politics and Community Contributor(s): Johnson, Robert (Author), Johnson, Robert (Contribution by), Kaldenbach-Montemayor, Isabel (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0761834958 ISBN-13: 9780761834953 Publisher: University Press of America OUR PRICE: $59.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Nantucket's People of Color is a fascinating study of Nantucket's African population from historical, cultural, and racial perspectives. This anthology, which represents more than ten years of research by James Bradford Ames Scholars from the University of Massachusetts Boston, examines the relationships between Africans, Quakers, others of European descent, and Cape Verdeans on Nantucket and the events and controversies that both united and divided the larger community along racial lines. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - General - History | United States - General - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 974.497 |
| LCCN: 2006923754 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.08" W x 9.06" (0.90 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nantucket's People of Color is a fascinating study of Nantucket's African population from historical, cultural, and racial perspectives. While most other Africans were sold into slavery and bondage, the African-Americans and Cape Verdeans on Nantucket worked as free people and established communities and institutions such as schools and churches. This anthology examines the relationships that developed between Africans, Quakers, others of European descent, and Cape Verdeans on Nantucket and the events and controversies that both united and divided the larger community along 'racial' lines. This anthology is the culmination of more than ten years of scholarly research on the culture and history of Nantucket Island by James Bradford Ames Scholars. The James Bradford Ames Fellowship Program was established at the University of Massachusetts Boston to foster research into the history and culture of African-Americans and Cape Verdeans on Nantucket. |