{"id":59587,"date":"2020-03-06T15:55:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=59587"},"modified":"2020-03-06T15:59:30","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T15:59:30","slug":"american-founders-how-people-of-african-descent-established-freedom-in-the-new-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=59587","title":{"rendered":"American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Founders: How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

NewSouth Books<\/a>
\n2019-03-15
\n384 pages
\n6.2 x 1.2 x 9.5 inches
\nHardcover ISBN-13: 978-1588383310<\/p>\n

Christina Proenza-Coles<\/strong><\/a>, Lecturer, American Studies
\nUniversity of Virginia<\/em><\/p>\n

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How People of African Descent Established Freedom in the New World<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

American Founders<\/em> reveals men and women of African descent as key protagonists in the story of American democracy. It chronicles how black people developed and defended New World<\/a> settlements, undermined slavery, and championed freedom throughout the Americas<\/a> from the 16th through the 20th century.<\/p>\n

American Founders explores how Afro-Americans shaped every facet of American history as explorers, conquistadores<\/a>, settlers, soldiers, sailors, servants, slaves, rebels, leaders, lawyers, litigants, laborers, artisans, artists, activists, translators, teachers, doctors, nurses, inventors, investors, merchants, mathematicians, scientists, scholars, engineers, entrepreneurs, generals, cowboys, pirates, professors, politicians, priests, poets, and presidents.<\/p>\n

The multitude of events and mixed-race individuals included underscore the fact that black and white Americans share the same history, and in many cases, the same ancestry. American Founders<\/em> is meant to celebrate this shared heritage and strengthen these bonds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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