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Haskins, James.
BUILDING A NEW LAND : AFRICAN AMERICANS IN COLONIAL AMERICA
New York : Amistad, 2001.
IL 3-6, RL 7.5
ISBN 0060585544
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The history of African Americans is not entirely about slavery.  As a matter of fact, Christopher Columbus had a black navigator on the Santa Maria.  The first Africans brought to the New World, were not necessarily brought as slaves -- at least not in the way slavery became later.  As a matter of fact, in the south, slaves could buy their freedom and become land owners.  It was not unusual for Africans to be well-versed in their own culture while also speaking European languages and having experience in commerce.  It wasn't until the middle of the 1600s that attitudes changed and African Americans were denied basic rights.  Learn more about the changing role of African Americans in Building a New Land.
SUBJECTS:     African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
                        United States -- History -- Colonial period,1600-1775.
                        Slavery -- History.

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