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The birth of Black America : the first African Americans and the pursuit of freedom at Jamestown / Tim Hashaw.

Hashaw, Tim, 1954- (author.).

Electronic resources

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007005446.html - Table of contents only

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  • 4 of 4 copies available at SC LENDS.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Anderson - Anderson Main Library 975.54251 Hashaw, Tim (Text) 25992090 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Anderson - Pendleton Branch 975.54251 Hashaw, Tim (Text) 25992116 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Beaufort - Bluffton Branch 973.0496 HAS (Text) 0530003303001 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Colleton - Main Library 305.896 Hashaw, Tim 2007 (Text) 3010238187 Adult Non-Fiction Available -

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780786717187
  • ISBN: 0786717181
  • Physical Description: xviii, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Carroll & Graf edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2007.
  • Distributor: [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I: The founders of black America leave Africa -- Masquerade -- Jagas -- A game at chess -- Into the realm of Kalunga -- Alias, the "Dutchman" -- II: The founders land at Jamestown -- Unmasked -- The black knight's last pawn -- III: The founders seek freedom -- The first martyr -- Two save the colony -- That the child shall be free -- Ties that bind -- Making hay -- The shirt -- Angola plantation -- America George -- IV: The founders' legacy -- Jamestown burns -- Roots of abolition.

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