history

Provides information about the slave trade, discusses the conditions under which slaves lived and worked in the United States, and examines efforts to win freedom for the slaves.

An illustrated history of slavery in Africa and the Americas from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century.

Explains the development, practice, and effects of slavery in the Americas including living conditions, religious and cultural traditions, resistance and rebellion, and how the "Black Codes" molded slave life.

Discusses the history of slavery, focusing on what life was like for slaves living and working on southern plantations. Includes a time line, glossary, and resources for further research.

Describes various aspects of the contrasting life styles of the rich and the poor early settlers in the southern colonies including homes, food, work, religion, education, and hospitality.

Discusses the history, social life, and customs of the various immigrant groups who settled in the middle colonies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Chronicles the story of the Salem Witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692, how the hysteria began and why, and explains seventeenth-century beliefs and fears among Puritan society.

Presents the history of Rhode Island, from its settlement by the Wamganoag and Narragansett tribes of Native Americans to its admission to statehood in 1790.

Discusses the scientists and inventors responsible for the advances in communications technology, including Johann Gutenberg, Samuel Morse, Thomas Edison, and Philo Farnsworth.

Short biographies of eight black American pioneers of discovery, including Benjamin Banneker, George Washington Carver, and Lewis Latimer.