Slavery in America
Schneider, Dorothy2007
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Slavery in North America, including the slave trade on the west coast of Africa and the transatlantic journey to North America, slave auctions, plantation life, escape attempts and insurrections, the Civil War and eventual emancipation...
Main title:
Slavery in America / by Dorothy Schneider and Carl J. Schneider
Imprint:
New York Facts on File 2007
Collation:
554 p. illustrations maps
Audience:
Secondary
Contents:
The West Coast of Africa : 1441-1866 - The Middle Passage: 1500-1866 - Americans in the slave trade: 1526-1865 - Slave life: 1619-1865 - Slave work: 1619-1865 - Runaways: 1619-1865 - Canada, other refuges, and the colonization/emigration movement: 1501-1877 - Rebels: 1526-1865 - Indians as slaves, as friends and enemies of Black slaves, and as slaveholders: 1529-1877 - The argument over slavery: 1637-1877 - Black soldiers in America's wars: 1635-1877 - The end of slavery: 1861-1877 - Reconstruction: 1865-1877 - Appendix A: documents - Appendix B: biographies of major personalities - Appendix C: maps - Appendix D: graphs and tables
ISBN:
0816062412 (hbk)
Dewey class:
306.362 SLA
Local class:
306.362
Language:
English
BRN:
67385
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 306.362 SLA | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |