Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black PeoplesJack D. Forbes's monumental Africans and Native Americans has become a canonical text in the study of relations between the two groups. Forbes 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--terms that no longer carry their original meanings. Forbes also presents strong evidence that Native American and African contacts began in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean. |
Contents
Africans and Americans InterContinental Contacts Across the Atlantic to 1500 | 6 |
The Intensification of Contacts TransAtlantic Slavery and Interaction after 1500 | 26 |
Negro Black and Moor The Evolution of These Terms as Applied to Native Americans and Others | 65 |
Loros Pardos and Mestizos Classifying Brown Peoples | 93 |
The Mulato Concept Origin and Initial Use | 131 |
PartAfricans and PartAmericans as Mulatos | 151 |
The Classification of Native Americans as Mulattoes in AngloNorth America | 190 |
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Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red ... Jack D. Forbes No preview available - 1993 |
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