The Time of Slavery

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Marshall Cavendish, 2007 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 114 pages
"Describes the history of slavery in the United States--from the landing of the first enslaved Africans to the close of the Civil War--through various primary source documents, such as slave narratives, advertisements, newspaper accounts, official documents and laws, plus contemporary art and photos"--Provided by publisher.

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Contents

From Freedom to Slavery I
1
A Legal Right
16
Men Tell Their Stories
31
Women Tell Their Stories
46
Escape and Revolt
61
Abolitionists and the March toward War
76
Emancipation
89
Time Line
106
Index
113
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