Module I

• Overview
• Historic Contexts
• Cultural Heritage
  • Africans in Spanish America
  • Africans in the Chesapeake
  • Africans in the Low Country
  • Africans in French America
  • African Systems of Meaning
• Heritage Preservation Implications
• Learning Resources Center
• Credits

1. Home
2. Contents
1. Introduction
   • Contents and Expectations
   • Format
   • Navigation
   • Disclosure
   • Editorial Method
   • Internet Link Policy
2. Key Concepts
   • Who are African Americans?
   • What is ethnography?
   • What is "culture" ?
   • What are cultural resources?
   • What are "ethnographic" resources?
   • What is "heritage preservation" ?
   • What is stewardship?
   • What is the NPS Thematic Framework?
   • Self Assessment
3. Ethnographic Research Center
   • What is Ethnographic Research?
   • Why is Ethnographic Research conducted?
   • Who conducts Ethnographic Research?
   • How is it different from other Social Science Research?
   • What are Ethnographic Research methodologies?
   • How does the NPS use Ethnographic Research?
   • Who uses Ethnographic Research?
   • How does Ethnographic Research help with the preservation of Ethnographic Resources?
   • Ethics in Ethnographic Research
4. Module 1 —African Nation Founders 1500– 1799
   • Overview
   • Historic Contexts
     • Africans Before Captivity
     • Self Assessment 1
     • Exchanging People for Trade Goods
     • Why was African Heritage Lost?
     • Who were the First Africans in America?
     • The Transatlantic Slave Trade
     • Which Europeans Trafficked in Slaves?
     • Laws that Bound
     • Laws that Freed
     • Wars
     • Conclusion
     • Self Assessment 2
   • Cultural Heritage
     • Africans in Spanish America
     • Africans in the Chesapeake
     • Africans in the Low Country
     • Africans in French America
     • African Systems of Meaning
     • Africans in the Northern Colonies
   • Credits
5. Module II African Nation Builders 1800 1865
6. Module III  Lifting as We Climb  1865 1965
7. Heritage Preservation Notes
   • Who Preserves Heritage?
   • Heritage Preservation Law
   • Protecting Indigenous Peoples  Patrimony
   • Other Laws, Policies and Executive Orders
   • Ethnography and Heritage Preservation
8. Learning Resources Center
   • References
   • Glossary
   • Further Reading
   • Links
   • Image Gallery