Africans and Indians: An Afrocentric Analysis of Contacts Between Africans and American Indians in Colonial Virginia / Edition 1

by Barbara Faggins

Overview

This fascinating text examines the union of Africans and American Indians in Virginia during colonial times.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415932219
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/07/2001
Series:	Studies in African American History and Culture
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Barbara A. Faggins received her Ph.d. at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she is currently a senior staff writer in the Office of News and Media Relations. She has written for Jet, Black Enterprise,The Philadelphia Tribune and Right On.

Table of Contents

1. IntroductionRationalePurpose ProblemGeneral BackgroundSignificance of the Study2. Methodological Considerations IntroductionA FrameworkThe Rearch Focus Research MethodologySpecific Proceedure LimitationsDefinitions3. Historical Perspectives Blackness in JamestownAfricans in the Colony of VirginiaSouthsideIndians in SouthsideThe Origin SouthsideThe Origin of Native Americans4. The Survival PeriodThe Middle PassageFirst African/Indian Contacts in AmericaAfricans in Southside5. Social RelationsThe New BlackWork RelationsMarriagePoliticsBlacks as ProfitsCherokee Laws Against BlacksLife with First Americans6.ConclusionsRecommendations Resource ListWorks CitedAppendix A. Routes of John Lederer's JourneyB. The Occaneechee Path