The history of the US of A contains immigration of many races. It already started tens of thousands of years ago, when prehistoric Asian hunter-gatherers crossed the dry land that would later become the Bering Sea, and eventually spread out over the whole continent of America. Their offspring would later become known as Native Americans. Then the Europeans came, occupying the whole continent in a very short time.

Only shortly afterwards a disturbing part of New World history started: the ages of slavery. Presently it’s difficult to understand the reasoning of this period, but we are still confronted with it, in different ways. The presence of the African-American culture in America is very prominent nowadays: the country has come a long way, even to the extend that at the moment I write this, an African-American is running for the presidency! Yes, Black history in the United States has changed (tremendously|for the good}, which definitely restores ones faith in mankind.

However, there are still many relics of the era of slavery and discrimination. In our time many of those have become collectable parts of African-American history. Under the name Black Americana those items are often collected. Sometimes by Black Americans who wish to preserve part of their personal history in the form of African-American memorabilia, but also by others who see them als signs of a time that was strongly different from our own, and that should not be forgotten.

Among these Black Americana or memorabilia are every day objects like kitchen utensils, but also originals or replicas of objects from the slavery period itself. Many books about this period can be found, and indeed should be studied. Black Americana is a subject that reminds us all of how life should not be, and by keeping this reminder alive we contribute to more profound knowledge of African-American history.