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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162839103321

Autore

Linde Barbara M.

Titolo

Slavery in North America / / by Barbara M. Linde

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Lucent Press, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

1-5345-6059-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 pages) : color illustrations, maps, portraits

Collana

American History

Disciplina

306.3620973

Soggetti

Slavery - United States - History

African Americans - History - To 1863

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. The beginning of the slave trade in North America -- ch. 2. Slavery expands through the colonies -- ch. 3. Slavery in the new United States -- ch. 4. The abolitionists -- ch. 5. Resistance and rebellion -- ch. 6. Unrest and war -- ch. 7. Reconstruction : the fight for freedom continues.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, readers learn that before the Civil War, a large part of the U.S. economy was built on slave labor and that goods could be produced and sold cheaply because the slaves were unpaid for their labor. Although slavery has been abolished, the racism that sprang from this period still haunts America today.