Becoming African in America Jason Chen Author(s): Ross

Author(s): Ross

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Becoming African in America Jason Chen Author(s): RossThe first slaves imported to America did not see themselves as "African" but rather as Temne, Igbo, or Yoruban. In Becoming African in America, James Sidbury reveals how an African identity emerged in the late eighteenth century Atlantic world, tracing the development of "African" from a degrading term connoting savage people to a word that was a source of pride and unity for the diverse victims of the Atlantic slave trade. In this wide ranging work,