
African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Fischer explores the little-known history of how enslaved people contributed to the creation of new regional cultures in the colonial United States. Fischer’s decades of research demonstrate traditions, linguistic practices, and more that ultimately transformed America. African Founders (Simon and Schuster) explains how America was shaped by various African influences.

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