To Make Our World Anew: Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880 Dave Gerr Having authored six books and

Having authored six books and over 5

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The demand for slave labor increased dramatically in the first decade of the 19th century due to the invention of the cotton gin and the consequent expansion of cotton plantations in the South

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To Make Our World Anew: Volume I: A History of African Americans to 1880 Dave Gerr Having authored six books andThe two volumes of Kelley and Lewis's To Make Our World Anew integrate the work of eleven leading historians into the most up to date and comprehensive account available of African American history, from the first Africans brought as slaves into the Americas, right up to today's black filmmakers and politicians. This first volume begins with the story of Africa and its origins, then presents an overview of the Atlantic slave trade, and the forced