Slavery in America: From Colonial Times to the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0816038635
- ISBN-13
- 9780816038633
- Series
- Slavery in America
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 458
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Checkmark Books
- Authors
- Dorothy Schneider, Carl J. Schneider
Description
Covers slave ships and auctions, the "triangle trade," plantation life, insurrections, events leading up to the Civil War and emancipation, reactions to slavery, and profiles of slaves and abolitionists.
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