1849-1877

An examination of the Civil War era, exploring the issues that divided America, and looking at the leaders who came forward to speak for the North and the South in the years leading up to the divisive conflict.

A scrapbook kept by a young black girl details her experiences and those of the older white woman, "Miss Bet," who had freed her and her family, sent her north from Richmond to get an education, and then worked to bring an end to slavery. Based on the life of Elizabeth Van Lew.

Explores the history of the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.

Presents a collection of photographs, illustrations, paintings, sculptures, and drawings of people and events of the Civil War including military leaders such as Grant and Lee, Abraham Lincoln, personal artifacts, and historical memorabilia.

A collection of narratives and political cartoons that reflect the social, political, and cultural atmosphere of Civil War America.

Inflamed passions on both sides of the slavery debate inspired fervent rhetoric, much of which is reflected in the primary source documents interspersed with the text in this thought-provoking volume, which chronicles the events of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed.

In 1963, pregnant seventeen-year-old Adie Jenkins is intrigued by the diary of a young slave girl who had three illegitimate children with her master; and after she gives birth, Adie starts to wonder if her midwife is the daughter of the woman who wrote the journal.