Slavery in America
Subtitle: from colonial times to the Civil War : an eyewitness history
By: Dorothy Schneider and Carl J. Schneider.
Contributors: Schneider, Carl J.
Series: [Facts on File library of American history]
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History
Description: "The history of the enslavement of African Americans in North America stretches from the beginning of European colonization and lasted until the end of the Civil War.

Slavery in America recounts this history by examining, chapter by chapter, many of its aspects: the slave catchers and their coffles in Africa, the crowded slave ships that transported Africans along the triangular trade routes to America, slave auctions, life and labor on a plantation, escape attempts and insurrections, and finally the Civil War and eventual emancipation.

The authors capture the complexities and the extent of slavery and document the wide differences in the ways people reacted to this terrible institution."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-443) and index.
Series statement on jacket.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. The West Coast of Africa: 1441-1866 1; title: 2. The Middle Passage: 1500-1866 28; title: 3. Americans in the Slave Trade: 1526-1865 51; title: 4. Slave Life: 1619-1865 81; title: 5. Slave Work: 1619-1865 113; title: 6. Runaways: 1619-1865 139; title: 7. Canada, Other Refuges, and the Colonization/Emigration Movement: 1501-1865 166; title: 8. Rebels: 1526-1865 194; title: 9. Indians as Slaves, as Friends and Enemies of Black Slaves, and as Slaveholders: 1529-1865 220; title: 10. The Argument over Slavery: 1637-1865 247; title: 11. Black Soldiers in America's Wars: 1635-1865 287; title: 12. The End of Slavery: 1861-1865 316; title: Appendix A: Documents 342; title: Appendix B: Biographies of Major Personalities 375; title: Appendix C: Glossary 412.