Black Odyssey : The African-American Ordeal in Slavery

New York: Vintage Books, 1990. Card covers. This classic work of scholarship and empathy tells the story of the self-creation of the African-American people. The authority and eloquence of this work make it essential reading for sll who want to understand the American past and present. Nathan Irvin Huggins was W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of History and Afro-American Studies and Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University. He wrote Black Odyssey while Professor of History at Columbia University and did research for it in Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria and other African countries as well as in major archives of the American South. An immaculate book.. ISBN: 0-679-72814-7. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. Slavery United States History + United States History + Slavery Conditions + American History + Afro American Studies. Catalogs: History.