Slavery in America / Dorothy Schneider and Carl J. Schneider.

Author/creator Schneider, Dorothy
Other author Schneider, Carl J.
Format Book
EditionRev. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Checkmark Books, ©2007.
Descriptionv, 554 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesEyewitness history
Eyewitness history. ^A514644
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 : 1501-1877 -- Rebels : 1526-1865 -- Indians as slaves, as friends and enemies of Black slaves, and as slaveholders : 1529-1877 -- The argument over slavery : 1637-1877 -- Black soldiers in America's wars : 1635-1877 -- The end of slavery : 1861-1877 -- Reconstruction : 1865-1877 -- Appendix A : documents -- Appendix B : biographies of major personalities -- Appendix C : maps -- Appendix D : graphs and tables.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 493-536) and index.
LCCN 2006023560
ISBN0816068399 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780816068395 (pbk. : alk. paper)