Slavery
- ISBN-10
- 0737706333
- ISBN-13
- 9780737706338
- Series
- SLAVERY
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
- Author
- Thomas Streissguth
Description
Discusses the history of slavery and the events leading to the arrival of African slaves in the colonies; slave culture, religion, and life on the plantations; abolitionists; and the end of slavery.
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- 2019-08-07
- 86 pages
- Paperback
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- 2018-04-14
- 128 pages
- Paperback
- Connell Publishing
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