From Our Editors
It begins with their origins as a people in Africa and ends with
their hard-fought freedom in America. From Slavery to
Freedom was originally published in 1947 and has
stood as the definitive history of African Americans. The book
traces roots from Africa through slavery in the New World, their
struggle for freedom and the aftermath in the West Indies, Latin
America and the U.S. John Hope Franklin and
Alfred A. Moss, Jr.`s eighth edition includes new
scholarship and increased coverage of Africa.
From the Publisher
This is the dramatic, exciting, authoritative story of the
experiences of African Americans from the time they left Africa to
their continued struggle for equality at the end of the twentieth
century.
Since its original publication in 1947, From Slavery to
Freedom has stood as the definitive his-tory of African
Americans. Coauthors John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr.,
give us a vividly detailed account of the journey of African
Americans from their origins in the civilizations of Africa,
through their years of slavery in the New World, to the successful
struggle for freedom and its aftermath in the West Indies, Latin
America, and the United States.
This eighth edition has been revised to include expanded coverage
of Africa; additional material in every chapter on the history and
current situation of African Americans in the United States; new
charts, maps, and black-and-white illustrations; and a third
four-page color insert. The authors incorporate recent scholarship
to examine slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the period
between World War I and World War II (including the Harlem
Renaissance).
From Slavery to Freedom describes the rise of
slavery, the interaction of European and African cultures in the
New World, and the emergence of a distinct culture and way of life
among slaves and free blacks. The authors examine the role of
blacks in the nation''s wars, the rise of an articulate, restless
free black community by the end of the eighteenth century, and the
growing resistance to slavery among an expanding segment of the
black population.
The book deals in considerable detail with the period after
slavery, including the arduous struggle for first-class citizenship
that has extended into the twentieth century. Many developments in
recent African American history are examined, including demographic
change; educational efforts; literary and cultural changes;
problems in housing, health, juvenile matters, and poverty; the
expansion of the black middle class; and the persistence of
discrimination in the administration of justice.
All who are interested in African Americans'' continuing quest for
equality will find a wealth of information based on the recent
findings of many scholars. Professors Franklin and Moss have
captured the tragedies and triumphs, the hurts and joys, the
failures and successes, of blacks in a lively and readable volume
that remains the most authoritative and comprehensive book of its
kind.
From the Jacket
This is the dramatic, exciting, authoritative story of the
experiences of African Americans from the time they left Africa to
their continued struggle for equality at the end of the twentieth
century.
Since its original publication in 1947, From Slavery to
Freedom has stood as the definitive his-tory of African
Americans. Coauthors John Hope Franklin and Alfred A. Moss, Jr.,
give us a vividly detailed account of the journey of African
Americans from their origins in the civilizations of Africa,
through their years of slavery in the New World, to the successful
struggle for freedom and its aftermath in the West Indies, Latin
America, and the United States.
This eighth edition has been revised to include expanded coverage
of Africa; additional material in every chapter on the history and
current situation of African Americans in the United States; new
charts, maps, and black-and-white illustrations; and a third
four-page color insert. The authors incorporate recent scholarship
to examine slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the period
between World War I and World War II (including the Harlem
Renaissance).
From Slavery to Freedom describes the rise of
slavery, the interaction of European and African cultures in the
New World, and the emergence of a distinct culture and way of life
among slaves and free blacks. The authors examine the role of
blacks in the nation's wars, the rise of an articulate, restless
free black community by the end of the eighteenth century, and the
growing resistance to slavery among an expanding segment of the
black population.
The book deals in considerable detail with the period after
slavery, including the arduous struggle for first-class citizenship
that has extended into the twentieth century. Many developments in
recent African American history are examined, including demographic
change; educational efforts; literary and cultural changes;
problems in housing, health, juvenile matters, and poverty; the
expansion of the black middle class; and the persistence of
discrimination in the administration of justice.
All who are interested in African Americans' continuing quest for
equality will find a wealth of information based on the recent
findings of many scholars. Professors Franklin and Moss have
captured the tragedies and triumphs, the hurts and joys, the
failures and successes, of blacks in a lively and readable volume
that remains the most authoritative and comprehensive book of its
kind.
About the Author
John Hope Franklin is James B. Duke Professor Emeritus at Duke
University, and was for seven years Professor of Legal History at
Duke University Law School. He has been the recipient of numerous
honors and awards, including the National Endowment for the
Humanities Charles Frankel Award. He is the author of many books on
African-American history, including The Color Line: Legacy
for the Twenty-first Century (1993) and Race and
History (1989).
Alfred A. Moss, Jr., is Associate Professor of History at the
University of Maryland, College Park. He is the author of
The American Negro Academy: Voice of the Talented
Tenth (1981) and of numerous articles, coauthor of
Looking at History (1986), and coeditor of
The Facts of Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of John Hope
Franklin (1991).
