Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples

About this book

Jack D. Forbess 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.