They approach history from various perspectives: through the eyes of towering historical icons or the untold stories of ordinary people through places, laws, and objects.
The writers explore their periods through a variety of techniques: historical essays, short stories, personal vignettes, and fiery polemics. Barber II contributes a chapter on Baptist preacher David George, 1769-1774. Blain, have assembled ninety brilliant writers, each of whom takes on a five-year period of that four-hundred-year span. It takes us to the present, when African Americans, descendants of those on the White Lion and a thousand other routes to this country, continue a journey defined by inhuman oppression, visionary struggles, stunning achievements, and millions of ordinary lives passing through extraordinary history.įour Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume “community” history of African Americans. The story begins in 1619-a year before the Mayflower-when the White Lion disgorges “some 20-and-odd Negroes” onto the shores of Virginia, inaugurating the African presence in what would become the United States. A Community History of African America, 1619-2019.
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