This volume presents intersections of Black and German history over eight centuries while mapping continuities and ruptures in Germans' perceptions of Blacks. Juxtaposing these intersections demonstrates that negative German perceptions of Blackness proceeded from nineteenth-century racial theories...

Presents intersections of Black and German history over eight centuries Demonstrates how negative German perceptions of "blackness" proceeded from nineteenth-century racial theories Probes individual and collective responses to inter-cultural points of contact