The Bedford Series in History & Culture   Crosscurrents in the Black Atlantic, 1770-1965 First Edition ©  2008 David Northrup Overview Table of Contents About the Author(s) Buy This Book Exam & Desk Copies Africans’ influence in the Atlantic world before 1960 was not confined to their roles as victims in the one-way forced migration of the Atlantic slave trade and their labor on New World plantations. From the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, black people in the divided communities of the four Atlantic continents struggled to overcome geographical and cultural separations and build a broad coalition against discrimination and exploitation. David Northrup offers a collection of primary sources that presents the social, political, and intellectual interactions of black people around the Atlantic in their quests for advancement, liberation, and emancipation. His thoughtful introduction explores the themes woven through the history of the black Atlantic, in particular black people’s search for security and self-fulfillment and their effort to find their place in a common humanity. Document headnotes, a chronology of key events, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography offer additional pedagogical support.   "The introduction opens a window into the Black Atlantic from the early beginnings, through the challenges and opportunities of the nineteenth century, to the radical changes of the twentieth century. The collection of documents is rich, wide-ranging, and representative. The concluding remarks are particularly masterful and will compel students to reflect more deeply on the very essence of the Black Atlantic." — G. Ugo Nwokeji, University of California, Berkeley   Crosscurrents in the Black Atlantic, 1770-1965 A Brief History with Documents Paper Text, 208pgs. ISBN: 0-312-44244-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-44244-6 Estimated U.S. Price: $14.95 > More Versions