Africans and Native Americans, Jack D. Forbes
Africans and Native Americans, Jack D. Forbes
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Africans and Native Americans
The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples

Author: Jack D. Forbes

Narrator: Bill Andrew Quinn

Unabridged: 15 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/11/2021

Synopsis

This volume will revise the way we look at the modern populations of Latin America and North America by providing a totally new view of the history of Native American and African American peoples throughout the hemisphere. Africans and Native Americans explores key issues relating to the evolution of racial terminology and European colonialists' perceptions of color, analyzing the development of color classification systems and the specific evolution of key terms such as black, mulatto, and mestizo, which no longer carry their original meanings. Jack Forbes presents strong evidence that Native American and African contacts began in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean and that Native Americans may have crossed the Atlantic long before Columbus.

About Jack D. Forbes

Jack D. Forbes (1934-2011) was professor emeritus and former chair of Native American Studies at the University of California at Davis. Of Powhatan-Renape, Delaware-Lenape, and non-Indian background, he founded the organization Native American Movement in 1961, and started Native American studies programs across the country. He has lectured around the world and is the author of twelve books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jason

The topic fascinates me, but the reading here is just not where I prefer it to be. For one thing, almost every other paragraph starts with "Thus,", which, once you notice, becomes a constant irritant. A lot of well-thought out points are displayed and backed up with evidence, and the author deserves......more

Goodreads review by Irma

A must read for those doing genealogy research in the US.......more

Goodreads review by Jerome

This book left no leaves un-turned relative to the etymology of racial terms like mulatto, black, colored, loro, blackamoor, etc. He also shows us that the transatlantic slave trade began by capturing Americans who were taken as slaves to Europe (particularly the Iberian peninsula), North Africa and......more

Goodreads review by Trace Lara

When I found this book, I was editor of the Pequot Times in Connecticut and told EVERYONE to read it - history that connects African and Native Americans are scarce... this book is highly recommended!......more

Goodreads review by Massin87

its about history......more

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