Title Slave culture : nationalist theory and the foundations of Black America / Sterling Stuckey

Edition Twenty-fifth anniversary edition Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 485 pages) Contents Introduction: Slavery and the circle of culture -- David Walker : in defense of African rights and liberty -- Henry Highland Garnet : nationalism, class analysis, and revolution -- Identity and ideology : the names controversy -- W.E.B. du Bois: black cultural reality and the meaning of freedom -- On being African : Paul Robeson and the ends of nationalist theory and practice Summary Twenty-five years after its original publication, Oxford has released a new edition of Sterling Stuckey's ground-breaking study, Slave Culture. A leading cultural historian and authority on slavery, Stuckey explains how different African peoples interacted on the plantations of the South to achieve a common culture. He argues that at the time of emancipation, slaves still remained essentially African in culture, a conclusion that has had profound implications for theories of black liberation and race relations in America. Drawing evidence from the anthropology and art history of Central and West African cultural traditions and exploring the folklore of the American slave, Stuckey reveals an intrinsic Pan-African impulse that contributed to the formation of the black ethos in slavery. He presents fascinating profiles of such nineteenth-century figures as David Walker, Henry Highland Garnet, and Frederick Douglass, as well as detailed examinations into the lives and careers of W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson in this century. The second edition, which includes a Foreword by historian John Stauffer, will reintroduce Stuckey's masterpiece to a wider audience. Stuckey provides a new introduction that looks at the life of the book and the impact it has had on the field of African-American scholarship, as well as how the field has changed in the 25 years since its original publication. (Publisher) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Slavery -- United States. African Americans -- Race identity -- History -- 19th century Pan-Africanism -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. African Americans -- Race identity Pan-Africanism Slavery United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199935024 0199935025

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