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

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Africans and Native Americans (the book) 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| which no longer carry their original meanings. Jack Forbes presents strong evidence that Native American and African contacts began in Europe| Africa| and the Caribbean and that Native Americans may have crossed the Atlantic long before Columbus.