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Slavery in America : from colonial times to the Civil War / Dorothy Schneider and Carl J. Schneider.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Eyewitness history | Facts on File library of American historyPublication details: New York : Facts on File, c2000.Description: v, 458 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 0816038635 (acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973/.0496 21
LOC classification:
  • E441 .S36 2000
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: 1501-1865 -- Rebels: 1526-1865 -- Indians as slaves, as friends and enemies of Black slaves, and as slaveholders: 1529-1865 -- The argument over slavery: 1637-1865 -- Black soldiers in America's wars: 1635-1865 -- The end of slavery: 1861-1865 -- Appendix A: Documents -- Appendix B: Biographies of major personalities -- Appendix C: Glossary.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 973.0496 S358 Available 33111004030843
Not for Loan Not for Loan Main Library Reference 973.0496 S358 Not for loan 33111001467709
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The history of the enslavement of African Americans in North America stretches from the beginning of European colonization and lasted until the end of the Civil War. Slavery in America recounts this history by examining

Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-443) and index.

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: 1501-1865 -- Rebels: 1526-1865 -- Indians as slaves, as friends and enemies of Black slaves, and as slaveholders: 1529-1865 -- The argument over slavery: 1637-1865 -- Black soldiers in America's wars: 1635-1865 -- The end of slavery: 1861-1865 -- Appendix A: Documents -- Appendix B: Biographies of major personalities -- Appendix C: Glossary.

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