to 1863

Recounts the heroic struggles of those who fought against the institution of slavery, explaining the political, economic, and moral issues involved.

Chronicles the lives of African-Americans during the Revolutionary War and the early years of the nation.

An historical account of the role of African-American soldiers in the Civil War.

Discusses the lives of African Americans from the early years of the nineteenth century to the start of the Civil War.

Chronicles the experiences of African-Americans during the Civil War and reconstruction years, from 1860 through 1880, looking at their participation in the war effort, and their struggles as free people to claim their place in American society.

Chronicles the lives and hardships of various African American families who were forced to endure the difficulties of slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Discusses how these people eventually found justice and features full-color and black-and-white images throughout.

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.

A history of slavery, looking at the conditions slaves faced in North America, examining slave revolts and other types of resistance, and discussing the end of slavery in the U.S.

Minna, kidnapped as a girl in Africa, endures the harsh life of a slave on a Southern plantation in the 1800s and tries to help her family survive.

Uses slave naratives, lettrs, diaries, military orders, and other documents to chronicle the various stages leading to the emancipation of slaves in the United States.