Captives and Voyagers traces the departures; voyages; and landings of enslaved and free blacks who left their homelands in the eighteenth century for British colonies and examines how displacement and resettlement shaped migrant society and; in turn; Britain's Atlantic empire. Alexander X. Byrd focuses on the two largest and most significant streams of black dislocation: the forced migration of Africans from the Biafran interior of present-day southeastern Nigeria to Jamaica as part of the British slave trade and the journeys of free blacks from Great Britain and British North America to Sierra Leone in West Africa. By paying particular attention to the social and cultural effects of transatlantic migration on the groups themselves and focusing as well on their place in the British Empire; Byrd illuminates the meaning and experience of slavery and liberty for people whose movements were similarly beset by extreme violence and catastrophe.
#2392886 in Books W Craig Gaines 1992-04-01 1992-04-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .45 x 5.98l; .65 #File Name: 0807127957128 pagesThe Confederate Cherokees John Drew s Regiment of Mounted Rifles
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Confederate CherokeesBy G.M. HouseRead entire book before finding what I sought. More information leading up to the point of information I sought. Not a bad read but certainly not what I had anticipated.2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Military history of Confederate CherokeesBy Arthur DigbeeI'm comparing this with Confer's _Confederate Nation in the Civil War_. This book tells a more traditional story focused on elites and on military events; while Confer's is a wider social history.As a result; each casts the narrative in different ways and leaves out some stories that the other includes. Both are good books.If you want a straight-up military history; you probably want this one. I prefer a broader perspective and thus Confer's book.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The other Confederate CherokeesBy NoirsainStand Watie's confederate Cherokees are widely known and little importance is generally attached to the particular story of John Drew's 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles. Thanks to Craig Gaines; the gap is filled. His book is precise; wonderfully detailed and his sources are remarkable. Henceforth; Craig Gaines' book is a must for all the buffs of the Civil War in Indian Territory.Serge Noirsain; writer and historian; Brussels-Belgium.
