African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals

African Founders: The Unknown History of Slavery in America by David Hackett Fischer is a groundbreaking work that reveals the little-known history of how enslaved Africans shaped American culture in various regions of the early United States.

This book explores the diverse regional cultures that emerged from the interactions between colonists and enslaved Africans, including Puritan New England, Dutch New York, Quaker Pennsylvania, cavalier Virginia, coastal Carolina, and Louisiana and Texas.

Fischer draws on decades of research to create a rich portrait of the variety of cultures and places from which captives came, offering a transformative understanding of America's origins.

With an almost unimaginable breadth of research and information, this book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the complex history of slavery in America.