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Print Price: $74.99

Format:
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352 pp.
83 illustrations, 6.125" x 9.25"

ISBN-13:
9780197564806

Copyright Year:
2022

Imprint: OUP US


Hard Road to Freedom Volume One Premium

The Story of Black America

Lois Horton and James Oliver Horton

Hard Road to Freedom tells the story of Black Americans from its roots in Africa to the social and political upheavals of today. It narrates the story of Black people in America as an expression of one of the nation's fundamental principles, the pursuit of freedom. Interweaving the experiences of individual Black Americans, it brings together stories formerly told separately. In vividly written chapters, Lois E. Horton and James Oliver Horton depict African Americans' central part in the creation of American civilization. Meticulously researched, Hard Road to Freedom blends these diverse strands into a rich tapestry of African American struggle and achievement.

Readership : Undergraduate college students.

Reviews

  • "Brilliantly written and vividly illustrated, Hard Road to Freedom tells a powerful story of resilience, resistance, and courage among African Americans. No student of American history should be without it."
    --William Chafe, Duke University

  • "Hard Road to Freedom is an accessible, well organized history of the Black experience that has excellent coverage and up-to-date scholarly material. The writing is accessible and compelling, and the coverage is excellent as is the length of the chapters. The reader is not overwhelmed nor are they wanting for more detail in the overall content discussion of the chapters. The text will engage and inform students of all levels."
    --Shawn Alexander, University of Kansas

  • "The author should be congratulated on presenting the African American experience in a way that sheds light on the struggle for freedom in the United States. Hard Road to Freedom is engaging and clear for students. It includes stellar scholarship, and it also balances the experiences of men and women."
    --Angela Flounory, University of Michigan-Dearborn

List of Maps
List of Special Features
Preface
Acknowledgements
About the Authors


Chapter 1 - Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade
West Africa
Europeans and the African Slave Trade
The Middle Passage
Growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Profile: King Nzinga Mbemba Affonso
Documenting Black America: King Nzinga Mbemba Affonso letters to King João III of Portugal

Chapter 2 - The Evolution of Slavery in British North America
Slavery in the Chesapeake
Slavery Farther South
Slavery in the Middle Colonies
Slavery in New England
Enslaved and Free Blacks
Blacks and Native Americans
Colonial Black Culture
Profile: Anthony Johnson
Documenting Black America: Venture Smith
Documenting Black America: Report of Rebellion Plans in Virginia

Chapter 3 - Slavery and Freedom in the Age of Revolution
Social Disruption and the First Great Awakening
Interracial Relationships and Discontent
Crispus Attucks and the Boston Massacre
Revolution and the Fight for American Freedom
Black Soliders
The Post-Revolutionary Question of Black Freedom
Profile: Phillis Wheatley
Documenting Black America: Petition for Freedom by Enslaved People in Massachusetts

Chapter 4 - The Early Republic and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
The Question of Slavery in the New Nation
Southern Fears of Black Freedom
Growing Demand for Enslaved Labor in the Western South
Expanding the Internal Slave Trade
Establishing Free Black Communities in the North
Free Black Americans in the South
African Americans in the War of 1812
The Issue of African Colonization
Profile: Benjamin Banneker
Documenting Black America: Benjamin Banneker's letter to Thomas Jefferson

Chapter 5 - Slavery and the Slave Community
Violent Resistance
Community among the Enslaved Workers
Religion and Resistance
Surviving Slavery
Women in Slavery
Brutal Labor and Resistance
Profile: Abd al-Rahman Ibrahima
Documenting Black America: Harriet Jacobs

Chapter 6 - Free People of Color and the Fight against Slavery
David Walker, William Lloyd Garrison, and the Liberator
Integrated Abolitionism
Black National Conventions
Building an Antislavery Movement
The Underground Railroad
Militant Abolitionism and Political Power
Profile: William Still
Documenting Black America: Henry Highland Garnet

Chapter 7 - From Militancy to Civil War
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Growing Opposition
Dred Scott v. Sanford
John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry
Abraham Lincoln's Election and the War
The Emancipation Proclamation and Black Soldiers
Profile: Margaret Garner
Documenting Black America: Susie King Taylor (1848-1912)

Chapter 8 - From Reconstruction to Jim Crow
The War's End and Lincoln's Assassination
Aid for Freed People
Black Politics and Black Politicians
Progress and White Terrorist Backlash
Emigration from the South
Legalized Racial Control
Profile: Hiram Rhoades Revels
Documenting Black America: The Reconstruction Amendments


Appendix: Historical Documents
Glossary
Notes
Credits
Index

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Lois E. Horton is Professor of History Emerita at George Mason University, where she taught Sociology, American Studies and History.

James Oliver Horton (1943-2017) was the Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History Emeritus at the George Washington University.

Writing History - William Kelleher Storey and Towser Jones
Hard Road to Freedom Volume Two Premium - Lois Horton and James Oliver Horton

Special Features

  • Shows that African American history is a critical part of American history and that African Americans have figured prominently in the creation of American culture.
  • Includes dramatic tales of the black experience-Gabriel Prosser's and Nat Turner's rebellion against slavery; the inventive and heroic escapes of William and Ellen Craft and Harriet Tubman; the accomplishments of Fredrick Douglass and Maggie Lena Walker; the bravery of Freedom Riders like John Lewis; and the sacrifice and determination of women like Fannie Lou Hamer.
  • Each chapter includes "Documenting Black America," that feature a wide range of primary sources, and "Profile," which offers a short biography of an individual whose life is central to the chapter's story.
  • Learning objectives and chapter review questions provide essential study aids.
  • Compelling full-color design with over 100 photographs and nearly 50 maps.
  • Available in combined and split volumes (Volume 1: Chapters 1-8; Volume 2: Chapters 8-17).
  • An enhanced eBook increases student engagement through quizzes, flashcards, and other digital learning tools.
  • Numerous digital teaching resources, including a course cartridge, are available to adopters at Oxford Learning Link https://learninglink.oup.com/