Slavery in American history | Southwest La Plata Library District

1) Abolitionists and slave resistance: breaking the chains of slavery

Author

Edwards, Judith

Series

Slavery in American history

Pub. Date

2004

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This book discusses the resistance to slavery by abolitionists, both black and white, and by slave rebellions and conspiracies in British North America between 1619 and 1865.

2) African-American history from emancipation to today: rising above the ashes of slavery

Author

Byers, Ann

3) The politics of slavery: fiery national debates fueled by the slave economy

Author

Altman, Linda Jacobs

Series

Slavery in American history

Pub. Date

2004

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This book presents an overview of the slave trade in American history and details the conflicts between the North and the South that led to the Civil War.

4) The rise and fall of American slavery: freedom denied, freedom gained

Author

McNeese, Tim

Series

Slavery in American history

Pub. Date

c2004

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Examines the history of slavery, discussing the slave trade, the establishment of the slavery system and its role in the economy of the American South, and abolition and emancipation. Includes a time line, glossary, and resources for further research.

5) Slave life on the plantation: prisons beneath the sun

Author

Worth, Richard

Series

Slavery in American history

Pub. Date

2004

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This book describes slave life on the plantation, from the decline of indentured servants and the increase of slaves in the last half of the seventeenth century to the freeing of slaves in 1863.

6) The slave trade in America: cruel commerce

Author

Worth, Richard

Series

Slavery in American history

Pub. Date

2004

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This book explores the American slave trade in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the end of legal importation of slaves, and the internal slave trade that took place in the United States.

7) Slave uprisings and runaways: fighting for freedom and the Underground Railroad

Author

Eskridge, Ann E

Series

Slavery in American history

Pub. Date

2004

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This book describes how slave labor was used in the plantation system, how slavery was officially legalized, and how laws were passed to govern the movement and behavior of slaves.

8) Voices from slavery's past: yearning to be heard

Author

Cloud Tapper, Suzanne