The struggle against slavery :
Waldstreicher, David.
The struggle against slavery : a history in documents / David Waldstreicher. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2001. - 173 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. - Pages from history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-168) and index.
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 -- 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. The African-American revolution.
A collection of primary sources, from the colonial era to the Civil War, that document the struggle of free blacks, slaves, and other Americans to end slavery.
0195108507 9780195108507
2001032941
Slaves--Social conditions--United States--Sources--Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans--Social conditions--Sources--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources--Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--Sources--Juvenile literature.
Slave insurrections--History--United States--Sources--Juvenile literature.
Juvenile materials.
E447 / .W35 2001
306.3/62/0973
The struggle against slavery : a history in documents / David Waldstreicher. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2001. - 173 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm. - Pages from history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-168) and index.
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 -- 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. The African-American revolution.
A collection of primary sources, from the colonial era to the Civil War, that document the struggle of free blacks, slaves, and other Americans to end slavery.
0195108507 9780195108507
2001032941
Slaves--Social conditions--United States--Sources--Juvenile literature.
Free African Americans--Social conditions--Sources--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Civil rights--History--Sources--Juvenile literature.
Antislavery movements--History--United States--Sources--Juvenile literature.
Slave insurrections--History--United States--Sources--Juvenile literature.
Juvenile materials.
E447 / .W35 2001
306.3/62/0973