An overview of life in a nineteenth-century town in which most people worked in the textile mill, including their housing, food, clothing, schools, and everyday activities.
Provides information about the lives of slaves in the pre-Civil War south, and looks at the operation of the Underground Railroad, a network of people who helped slaves escape to freedom in the north.
Provides details of daily life on a wealthy cotton plantation in the southern U.S. during the 1850s and 1860s, discussing the big house, slave cabins, clothing, children, school, work, and food.
An introduction to what life was like on the Oregon Trail, describing the wagons, daily routines, food, clothing, Native Americans encountered on the way, and dangers.
