Breakingthe 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: Slavery -- United States -- Insurrections, etc -- Juvenile literature.; Slavery.; Slavery -- Insurrections, etc.; Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Afro-Americans -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Afro-American -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Afro-Americans.
Description: Summary, Describes slavery in the United States, the harsh conditions under which slaves lived, the active and passive resistance with which theyfought for their rights, the revolts, and the involvement of slaves in the Civil War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. (185)-187) and index.