American Slavery
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American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction
By Heather Andrea WilliamsJames Curry, “Narrative of James Curry, a Fugitive Slave” (originally printed in the Liberator, January 10, 1840), in Slave Testimony: Two Centuries ofLetters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies, ed.
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American Slavery: 1619-1877
By Peter KolchinDenmark Vesey and Nat Turner have been especially controversial. Almost four decades ago, in “The Vesey Plot: A Reconsideration,” Journal of Southern History, XXX (May 1964), 143—61, Richard C. Wade questioned whether the Vesey ...
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American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction
By Heather Andrea WilliamsThe record reads: “September 17th, 1630—Hugh Davis to be soundly whipt, before an assembly of negroes and others for abusing himself to the dishonor of God and shame of Christianity, by defiling his body in lying with a negro; ...
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American Slavery: A Historical Exploration of Literature
By Robert FelgarSlavery is a central feature of American history, one with which the nation still has not come fully to terms. In this book, that seminal topic is examined in a fresh way—through literature.
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American Slavery
By William DudleyIn 1860, the southern part of the United States was home to four million African American slaves. Only after a bloody war did America abolish slavery. Authors examine the rise...