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Civil War ends
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Corinne J. Naden |
Describes the aftermath of the Civil War, including the assassination of Lincoln, Reconstruction, and the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant. |
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Days of Jubilee
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Patricia McKissack |
Uses slave narratives, letters, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States. |
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Bound for America
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James Haskins |
Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas. |
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Life of a Roman slave
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Don Nardo |
Discusses aspects of slavery in ancient Rome, including becoming a slave, its privileges and perils, the use of slaves in farming, business, and public service, and the dark side of the institution. |
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Children of the Emancipation
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Wilma King |
Explains how the nearly four million slaves and nearly half a million free blacks gained freedom and basic rights as citizens, following Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. |
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No More!
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Doreen Rappaport |
Songs, stories and poems about slavery and the struggle to maintain dignity and freedom. |
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Slavery through the ages
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Don Nardo |
Provides an overview of important historical events or periods in world history. This volume focuses on the important dates in history regarding slavery; human beings held against their will. |
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The slave trade
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Anne Mountfield |
Traces the people, events, and procedures involved in the rise and fall of the slave trade, the "profitable industry" that lasted some 250 years. |
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