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"A history of slavery, looking at the conditions slaves faced in North America, examining slave revolts and other types of resistance, and discussing the end of slavery in the U.S."--

"Until 1865, millions of slaves worked on plantations and small farms throughout the southern United States . . . This book will give readers a better understanding of the daily lives of plantation slaves, along with the oppression and challenges that they faced"--

Describes the history and practice of slavery, particularly the African slave trade--its origins, growth, and demise from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries.

Discusses the history of slavery, the slave experience, the importance of the Underground Railroad, and the Emancipation Proclamation.

Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial America.