Documenting multiple aspects of slavery and its development in North America; this collection provides more than one hundred excerpts from personal accounts; songs; legal documents; diaries; letters; and other written sources. The book assembles a remarkable portrayal of the day-to-day connections between; and among; slaves and their owners across more than two centuries of subjugation and resistance; despair and hope. Beginning with a chronicle of the origins of slavery in the British colonies of North America; the collection traces the growth of the system to the antebellum period and includes accounts of slave revolts; auctions; slave travel and laws; and family life. Intimate as well as comprehensive; the documents reveal the individual views; goals; and lives of slaves and their masters; making this engaging work one of the most respected catalogs of firsthand information about slavery in North America.
#2904873 in Books Fire Ant Books 2005-05-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .70 x 6.00l; .99 #File Name: 081735168X288 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Quick and Simple Overview HistoryBy Douglas L. BesteThis would be a great book for someone who is getting started in civil war history or just wants some quick facts about a battle or thearter of operations. Has great before and post battle info on the differant batteries involed. Some training and how the batteries were set up. Maps are very basic(battle placement only).Quick read. Very good for young readers.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good but not quite enoughBy Mark M. SzymcikWell done in overall terms; but more charts; detailing which batteries and battalions were at which battles would have been helpful. Trying to sort out which ones were in the army in Oct for the kentucky campaign vs; those at Murfreesboro; for example; is a challenge using this book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy CustomerLarry does a good job on his books.
