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Children of fire : a history of African Americans / Thomas C. Holt.

by Holt, Thomas C. (Thomas Cleveland), 1942-

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Hill and Wang, c2010.

973.0496073 H758c

Blacks -- History.

Blacks -- United States -- History.

United States -- History.

9780809067138 (hc.)

xvii, 438 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Middle passages, middlemen : Europe, Africa, America, and the slave trade -- Many thousands born : the roots of African America -- Slaves and citizens : African America in the age of Revolution -- "A new birth of freedom" : the destruction of slavery and Reconstruction of Black life -- Ragtime : race and nation at the dawn of the 20th century -- "A second emancipation" : the great migrations of the twentieth century -- "A second Reconstruction" : the freedom movement -- Citizens of the nation, citizens of the world : African America in the 21st century.

"Ordinary people don’t experience history as it is taught by historians. They live across the convenient chronological divides we impose on the past. The same people who lived through the Civil War and the eradication of slavery also dealt with the hardships of Reconstruction, so why do we almost always treat them separately? In Children of Fire, renowned historian Thomas C. Holt challenges this form to tell the story of generations of African Americans through the lived experience of the subjects themselves, with all of the nuances, ironies, contradictions, and complexities one might expect."--Jacket.

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