The Routledge Atlas of African American History

The pervasive theme of this atlas ‐ the fourth in the Routledge Atlases of American History ‐ is slavery. Divided into six thematic parts, all are intended to demonstrate “that slavery was not merely a constellation of ideas, but a cultural institution that left a deep imprint, literally and figuratively, upon the American nation”. In popular perception the most visible evidence of that is the American Civil War and the postbellum struggle of the black people of America for a genuine racial equality. The tragedy for the USA is that their struggle has been conducted in the full glare of...