{"product_id":"strange-new-land-africans-in-colonial-america-9780195158236","title":"Strange New Land: Africans in Colonial America","description":"Engaging and accessibly written, Strange New Land explores the history of slavery and the struggle for freedom before the United States became a nation. Beginning with the colonization of North America, Peter Wood documents the transformation of slavery from a brutal form of indentured servitude to a full-blown system of racial domination. Strange New Land focuses on how Africans survived this brutal process--and ultimately shaped the contours of American racial slavery through numerous means, including: \u003cbr\u003e - Mastering English and making it their own \u003cbr\u003e - Converting to Christianity and transforming the religion \u003cbr\u003e - Holding fast to Islam or combining their spiritual beliefs with the faith of their masters \u003cbr\u003e - Recalling skills and beliefs, dances and stories from the Old World, which provided a key element in their triumphant story of survival \u003cbr\u003e - Listening to talk of liberty and freedom, of the rights of man and embracing it as a fundamental right--even petitioning colonial administrators and insisting on that right. \u003cbr\u003eAgainst the troubling backdrop of American slavery, Strange New Land surveys black social and cultural life, superbly illustrating how such a diverse group of people from the shores of West and Central Africa became a community in North America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wood, Peter H.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195158236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.56w x 0.41d","brand":"Peter H. Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32745630957643,"sku":"9780195158236","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_a87e178c-6737-4898-988e-3c9e32bae8c1.jpg?v=1597704583","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/strange-new-land-africans-in-colonial-america-9780195158236","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}