Africans in America

Begins with the origins of the slave trade in Africa and the expansion of slavery in the 17th and 18th centuries, then goes on to describe plantation life and the slave codes of the American South • Extending from this time to the abolition movement to the Harlem Renaissance and beyond, Africans in American concludes with a look of African Americans in the present day, including successes in politics, business, education, and the arts, as well as recent immigration from Africa in the 20th century • 96 page hardcover • Grades 3-8 • © 2004