The colonial period in America (1607-1763) spanned more than 150 years and brought great changes in the lives of African-American slaves, In the 1600s, slaves could buy their freedom and could even become property owners and slave owners, but as the years passed, such rights were gradually revoked. In this volume, James Haskins and Kathleen Benson detail how America changed from a society with slaves to a slave society that relied heavily upon forced black labor, how slaves resisted oppression, and how they struggled to maintain the traditions of their rich African culture through music, dance, and storytelling.
Award-winning illustrator James Ransome's vivid acrylic paintings bring to life the African-American colonial experience. Complete with biographical sketches, milestones of the period, and an index, this third book in the fascinating and informative From African Beginnings series explores the lives of African Americans during one of North America's most tumultuous and developmental periods.

Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America

Children's Books

Haskins, James

Benson, Kathleen

Biographies

Amistad

This third volume of the critically acclaimed From African Beginnings series explores the tumultuous colonial period in African-American history. Powerfully written text by James Haskins and Kathleen Benson and evocative illustrations by award-winning artist James Ransome bring to life the time when America became dependent on slave labor and slaves struggled to maintain the traditions of their rich African culture and resist oppression in the new world.

Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America (From African Beginnings: The African-American Story)

African Beginnings

The first title of a series presents the history of Africa's rich cultural empires from the early part of the millennium through the time of Christopher Columbus. Reprint.

History

Amistad Pr

Stevie Wonder Scrapbook

Arts & Photography

Music

Cassell

BLACK STARS Meet the black religious leaders who helpedshape the African American experience--from colonial to modern times * Absalom Jones * Richard Allen * Jarena Lee * Lemuel Haynes * Peter Williams Sr. * Peter Williams Jr. * John Marrant * Denmark Vesey * Sojourner Truth * Nat Turner * Maria Stewart * John Jasper * Alexander Crummell * Henry Highland Garnett * Henry McNeal Turner * Richard Henry Boyd * Bishop C. M. "Sweet Daddy" Grace * Vernon Johns * Elijah Muhammad * Howard Thurman * Adam Clayton Powell Jr. * Joseph E. Lowery * Malcolm X * Martin Luther King Jr. * Andrew J. Young * James L. Bevel * John Lewis * Prathia Hall Wynn * Jesse L. Jackson * Vashti Murphy McKenzie * Fredrick J. Streets * Al Sharpton * Renita J. Weems * T. D. Jakes

African American Religious Leaders

Haskins,Jim

wiley

Benny Andrews loved to draw. He drew his nine brothers and sisters, and his parents. He drew the red earth of the fields where they all worked, the hot sun that beat down, and the rows and rows of crops. As Benny hauled buckets of water, he made pictures in his head. And he dreamed of a better life—something beyond the segregation, the backbreaking labor, and the limited opportunities of his world. Benny’s dreams took him far from the rural Georgia of his childhood. He became one of the most important African American painters of the twentieth century, and he opened doors for other artists of color. His story will inspire budding young artists to work hard and follow their dreams.

Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews

Clarion Books

Presents a portrait of the German monk and the reasons for and impact of his role in bringing about the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation in Europe

A Man Called Martin Luther

Biographies & Memoirs

Concordia Pub. House

A collection of essays, speeches, and journalistic reports offers a panoramic overview of a critical decade in world history and the diverse social, political, and cultural events, people, and movements that shaped life during the 1960s

The Sixties Reader

Teen & Young Adult

Viking Juvenile

From the ancient kingdom of Kush, whose black pharaohs ruled Egypt for nearly a century, to the sixteenth-century empire of the Kongo, whose emperor was so powerful he was able to halt the trade in slaves for a number of years, the African continent rang with a series of glorious civilizations that have had a lasting impact on the world's history, and on American culture. James Haskins and Floyd Cooper have won numerous awards for their books for young people, including several Coretta Scott King Honor awards. This groundbreaking book is their first collaboration. Index. Bibliography. All ages.
Consultants on this book were Dr. John Henrik Clarke, noted scholar of black history, and Dr. Enid Schildkrout, curator of anthropology, The American Museum of Natural History.

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Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America

Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America (From African Beginnings: The African-American Story)

African Beginnings

Stevie Wonder Scrapbook

African American Religious Leaders

Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews

A Man Called Martin Luther

The Sixties Reader

African Beginnings

African Beginnings