Discusses the events of a 25-year period during which blacks emerged as a force in their attempts to gain political and cultural recognition and increased civil rights.
Describes the conditions of slavery, the growing resistance to it, and the contributions to their country of free and enslaved African people in the United States from 1791 until the outbreak of the Civil War.
Traces the history of blacks in America, the anti-slavery movements, and the individual contributions of some outstanding black men from the landing of the first slaves at Jamestown to the framing of a new constitution.