Walter C Rucker: 2 books
The River Flows On
Black Resistance, Culture, and Identity Formation in Early America
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
The River Flows On offers an impressively broad examination of slave resistance in America, spanning the colonial and antebellum eras in both the North and South and covering all forms of recalcitrance, from major revolts and rebellions to everyday acts of disobedience. Walter C. Rucker analyzes American...
Gold Coast Diasporas
Identity, Culture, and Power
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Although they came from distinct polities and peoples who spoke different languages, slaves from the African Gold Coast were collectively identified by Europeans as "Coromantee" or "Mina." Why these ethnic labels were embraced and how they were utilized by enslaved Africans to develop new group identities...