The companion volume to the public television series. This extraordinary examination of slavery in americanca features a four-part history by poet and performance artist Patricia Smith and a dozen fictional narratives by National Book Award-winning novelist Charles Johnson. Two-color with black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

History

Smith, Patricia

WGBH Series Research Team

JOHNSON, Charles

Americas

Houghton, mifflin, harcourt

A riveting narrative history of America, from the 1607 landing in Jamestown to the brink of the Civil War, Africans in America tells the shared history of Africans and Europeans as seen through the lens of slavery. It is told from the point of view of the Africans who arrived in shackles and endured the terrible dichotomy of this new land founded on the ideal of liberty but dedicated to the perpetuation of slavery. Meticulously researched, this book weaves together the experiences of the colonists, slaves, free and fugitive blacks, and abolitionists to present an utterly original document, a startling and moving drama of the effects of slavery and racism on our conflicted national identity. The result transcends history as we were taught it and transforms the way we see our past.

Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery

Amistad

In the tradition of the successful companions to the critically acclaimed PBS documentaries Eyes on the Prize and Vietnam: A History, Africans in America is a riveting and unsettling work about slavery -- America's Achilles heel. This powerful audiobook is the companion to PBS's corresponding documentary, a four-part, six-hour series created by an award-winning team at WGBH-TV in Boston.

Johnson, Charles Richard

Africa

MacMillan Audio

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