{"product_id":"strange-new-land-africans-in-colonial-america-paperback","title":"Strange New Land: Africans in Colonial America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter H. Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging and accessibly written, \u003cem\u003eStrange New Land\u003c\/em\u003e explores the history of slavery and the struggle for freedom before the United States became a nation. Beginning with the colonization of North America, Peter Wood documents the transformation of slavery from a brutal form of indentured servitude to a full-blown system of racial domination. \u003cem\u003eStrange New Land\u003c\/em\u003e focuses on how Africans survived this brutal process--and ultimately shaped the contours of American racial slavery through numerous means, including: \u003cbr\u003e - Mastering English and making it their own \u003cbr\u003e - Converting to Christianity and transforming the religion \u003cbr\u003e - Holding fast to Islam or combining their spiritual beliefs with the faith of their masters \u003cbr\u003e - Recalling skills and beliefs, dances and stories from the Old World, which provided a key element in their triumphant story of survival \u003cbr\u003e - Listening to talk of liberty and freedom, of the rights of man and embracing it as a fundamental right--even petitioning colonial administrators and insisting on that right. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst the troubling backdrop of American slavery, \u003cem\u003eStrange New Land \u003c\/em\u003esurveys black social and cultural life, superbly illustrating how such a diverse group of people from the shores of West and Central Africa became a community in North America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter H. Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of history at Duke University. Dr. Wood is the author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Award. He is the coauthor of \u003cem\u003eCreated Equal: A Social and Political History of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNatives and Newcomers: The Way We Lived in North Carolina Before 1770\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.28 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256403779686,"sku":"9780195158236","price":23.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/S0dpeVd1U3o0a3pkMnpHQTJHZ3Q3QT09.webp?v=1773719440","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/strange-new-land-africans-in-colonial-america-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}