Slavery in America : from colonial times to the Civil War / Dorothy Schneider and Carl J. Schneider.
Material type: TextSeries: 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)
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- E441 .S36 2000
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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.