Jubilee

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"Jubilee provides a clear-eyed chronicle of slavery and its enormous effect on our nation's history and economy, tracing the origin and development of the slave trade and the realities of life for Africans - slaves, runaways, and freedmen alike - in pre-Civil War America. The book also illustrates how the conditions of the "peculiar institution" were transformed into a vibrant, distinctively African-American culture, a complex and fascinating process of social, cultural, political, and economic change that embraces everything from language and religion to family life and self-expression. This stunning lesson in human adaptability shows how men and women with no rights - and often not even a language in common - nevertheless formed strong communities, melded African beliefs with Christianity to create a new, comforting, and joyous religious tradition, and survived deliberately dehumanizing oppression without ever surrendering their individuality."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Blacks,  African Americans,  Social life and customs,  Intellectual life,  Civilization,  History,  African American influences,  African influences,  African americans, history,  African americans, social life and customs,  African americans, intellectual life,  Blacks, america,  United states, civilization, foreign influences,  Afrocentrism,  Black people

Places: America,  United States