to 1863

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.

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.

Text and accompanying photographs recount the life and military career of Robert Gould Shaw, leader of the first black Civil War regiment.

Provides information about the history of African-Americans, focusing on the slave trade, and examining the conditions in which slaves lived and worked. Includes short biographies of notable of notable individuals, a glossary, a list of related Internet sites, and other resources.

Uses a series of graphic organizers to describe the settlement of the Americas, and examines the first people to inhabit the regions, Native American populations, European exploration and expansion, the early English colonies, the slave trade, and more.

Briefly describes the transportation of slaves to America and the establishment of slavery.

Presents a history of slavery in America from the early seventeenth century to the end of Reconstruction and describes the horrors of slavery through the stories of those who witnessed it such as Dred Scott and William H. Carney, who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery at Fort Wagner during the Civil War.