to 1863

Profiles the lives of eight African-American leaders, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Booker T. Washington, who were instrumental in abolishing slavery or helping former slaves achieve full citizenship.

Presents a partial history of slavery and the abolitionist movement in the United States.

Traces the history of blacks in America, the anti-slavery movements, and the individual contributions of some outstanding black men from the landing of the first slaves at Jamestown to the framing of a new constitution.

Chronicles the years between Nat Turner's revolt and Congress's passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

Examines social and political conditions in the U.S. before the start of the Civil War and how African-American men and women contributed to the fight against slavery as abolitionists, writers, lecturers, editors, and politicians between 1851 and 1861.

History of slavery, freedom, and the Civil War through the use of letters, personal testimony, and official transcripts.

African-American Caleb Jacobson, a sixteen-year-old free man living on a Maryland farm in the 1700s, is torn between loyalty to his fellow colonials and his race when rumors of war begins arriving from Boston.