Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of AfricanAmerican Heritage (Revisiting New England),Used
Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of AfricanAmerican Heritage (Revisiting New England),Used

Black Portsmouth: Three Centuries of AfricanAmerican Heritage (Revisiting New England),Used

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Few people think of a rich Black heritage when they think of New England. In the pioneering book Black Portsmouth, Mark J. Sammons and Valerie Cunningham celebrate it, guiding the reader through more than three centuries of New England and Portsmouth social, political, economic, and cultural history as well as scores of personal and sitespecific stories. Here, we meet such Africans as the likely negro boys and girls from Gambia, who debarked at Portsmouth from a slave ship in 1758, and Prince Whipple, who fought in the American Revolution. We learn about their descendants, including the performer Richard Potter and John Tate of the People's Baptist Church, who overcame the tragedies and challenges of their ancestors' enslavement and subsequent marginalization to build communities and families, found institutions, and contribute to their city, region, state, and nation in many capacities. Individual entries speak to broader issuesthe antislavery movement, American religion, and foodways, for example. We also learn about the extant historical sites important to Black Portsmouthincluding the surprise revelation of an African burial ground in October 2003as well as the extraordinary efforts being made to preserve remnants of the city's early Black heritage.

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