antislavery movements

Traces the 1839 revolt of Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad, their apprehension, and long trial which ended in their acquittal by the Supreme Court.

Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was published when the nation was torn over the issue of slavery and headed toward Civil War.

Discusses the history of the institution of slavery in the United States, abolitionism and other resistance movements, and the structure, as well as some outstanding people involved with, the Underground Railroad.

Discusses the efforts of those men and women who worked toward the total abolition of slavery in the decades before the Civil War.

Chronicles the U.S. Supreme Court case that set free the African slaves who revolted on the Spanish ship "Amistad" and drifted into American waters in 1839.

Recounts the heroic struggles of those who fought against the institution of slavery, explaining the political, economic, and moral issues involved.

A history of the 1839 uprising of African captives aboard the slave ship Amistad, telling of their three-year imprisonment in the United States and their eventual acquittal by the Supreme Court.

Traces the history of slavery in the United States, focusing on the abolition movement and the final steps that freed an enslaved people.

Twelve true accounts of slaves who escaped to freedom from slavery in the American South before the Civil War.

A biography of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, discussing his years as a slave, his escape to freedom, his efforts to bring about an end to slavery both before and during the Civil War, and his work on behalf of the newly freed slaves.