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Slavery : real people and their stories of enslavement / written by R.G. Grant.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : DK Pub., 2011.Edition: Pbk. edDescription: 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780756673277
  • 0756673275
Other title:
  • Real people and their stories of enslavement
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.3/62 23
LOC classification:
  • E441 .G735 2011
Contents:
Background to slavery -- The Atlantic slave trade -- How the slave trade worked -- Life in slavery -- The fight for freedom -- Abolishing slavery in the Americas -- Aftermath of slavery.
Summary: Slavery has plagued human history for thousands of years. During the colonization of the Americas, more than 12 million Africans were stolen from their homelands and forced to work in plantation colonies. What was it like to be enslaved? How did people endure such hardships? How did the enslaved fight for freedom?
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Includes index.

Background to slavery -- The Atlantic slave trade -- How the slave trade worked -- Life in slavery -- The fight for freedom -- Abolishing slavery in the Americas -- Aftermath of slavery.

Slavery has plagued human history for thousands of years. During the colonization of the Americas, more than 12 million Africans were stolen from their homelands and forced to work in plantation colonies. What was it like to be enslaved? How did people endure such hardships? How did the enslaved fight for freedom?

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