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Stuckey argues that, even at the moment of emancipation, enslaved Africans in the United States maintained a distinct cultural identity rooted in their diverse Central and West African origins. He supports this thesis with anthropological and art historical evidence, and by exploring the folklore of African Americans in slavery. The book also discusses key nineteenth‑century figures such as David Walker, Henry Highland Garnet, and Frederick Douglass, as well as twentieth‑century scholars and performers W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson, illustrating the continuity of a pan‑African impulse across generations.
First publish date: 1987
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Sterling Stuckey
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