The Struggle Against Slavery
A History in Documents
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2001]
Format: Book
Description: 173 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm.
From slave ships to plantations to freedom, The Struggle Against Slavery traces the remarkable history of the heroic fight to end slavery, from its North American beginnings in the early 1600s to its violent demise in the mid-1800s with the Civil War. Captured in their own words from transcripts, diaries, memoirs, newspaper clippings, drawings, and other documents are the stories of how slaves and free blacks fought against the dehumanization of slavery by developing anti-racist arguments, creating their own institutions, physically escaping, and fighting with weapons. An exceptional social, political, and cultural history of the period, The Struggle Against Slavery is filled with stirring tales of survival and strength, bringing to life the African-American experience in early America.
Series: Pages from history.
Contents:
What is a document? -- How to read a document -- Vanguards of freedom -- The making of American slavery : Capture and transport -- Early resistance -- Slaves' lives in the colonies -- Rebels and runaways -- The African-American revolution : Liberty for all? -- Lord Dunmore and the promise of freedom -- The declaration of independence and the question of slavery -- Revolutionary soldiers -- Equality disputed -- Revolutionary ideals -- Forging freedom and fighting slavery in the north : First steps to freedom -- An end to the slave trade -- Opponents to colonization -- Free blacks speak out -- Another independence day -- The call for civil rights -- Slavery and freedom: dressing the part -- The continual struggle: southern slaves and masters : Private and public rebellion -- Disobedience and discipline -- Subversion, suffering, and escape -- The second American revolution and the end of slavery : Justified rebellion -- A welcome war -- Emancipation -- Liberation.
Subjects:
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans -- Social conditions -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Slave rebellions -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans -- Social conditions -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
Slave rebellions -- United States -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0195108507
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Wal | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-168) and index.