Breaking the chains
Subtitle: African-American slave resistance
By: William Loren Katz.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum; Collier Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International Pub. Group
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York; Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Slave insurrections -- United States -- Juvenile literature; Slavery; Slave insurrections; Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Describes slavery in the United States, the harsh conditions under which slaves lived, the active and passive resistance with which they fought for their rights, the revolts, and the involvement of slaves in the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index.