Abolitionists and slave resistance
Subtitle: breaking the chains of slavery
By: Judith Edwards ; foreword by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr..
Series: Slavery in American history
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Antislavery movements -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Slave insurrections -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Antislavery movements.; Abolitionists.; Slave insurrections.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-125) and index.
Table of contents: title: Events leading to abolition; title: Slavery and the Revolutionary War; title: The anti-slavery movement gathers force; title: Abolitionists organize; title: The Amistad and the new decade; title: The rebels and the runaways; title: Escape from slavery and fugitive slave laws; title: Leading to war; title: On the anti-slavery side; title: From slave to soldier.