Schneider, Dorothy,

Slavery in America : from colonial times to the Civil War : an eyewitness history / [print] Dorothy Schneider and Carl J. Schneider. - New York : Facts on File, [(c)2000. - v, 458 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. - Facts on File library of American history .

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The West Coast of Africa: 1441-1866 The Middle Passage: 1500-1866 Americans in the slave trade: 1526-1865 Slave life: 1619-1865 Slave work: 1619-1865 Runaways: 1619-1865 Canada, other refuges, and the colonization/emigration movement: 1501-1865 Rebels: 1526-1865 Indians as slaves, as friends and enemies of Black slaves, and as slaveholders: 1529-1865 The argument over slavery: 1637-1865 Black soldiers in America's wars: 1635-1865 The end of slavery: 1861-1865 Appendix A: Documents Appendix B: Biographies of major personalities Appendix C: Glossary.



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