antislavery movements

A biography of the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.

Presents twenty accounts of African-American reform by the reformers themselves, spanning the eighteenth through the twentieth century; includes works by Olaudah Equiano, Nat Turner, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Rosa Parks, and several others.

Presents a chronological look at significant people and events in the history of the abolitionist movement in the United States from 1619 to 1865.

A biography of Abby Kelley Foster, pacifist, abolitionist, and campaigner for women's rights in the 1840s.

Presents a comprehensive study of the Underground Railroad and those who were instrumental in helping thousands of runaway slaves to freedom and profiles key figures including Levi Coffin, Harriett Tubman, Thomas Garrett, William Still, and many others.

Active in the abolitionist movement and the underground railroad, Harriet Tubman discusses freedom and slavery with her co-workers.

Biography of the black woman who escaped from slavery to become famous as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

A biography of the nineteenth-century author whose anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" helped intensify the disagreement between North and South.

Discusses the history of American slavery, the events that led to its abolition and the civil rights struggle by African Americans.

A biography of the former slave who became America's leading proponent for freedom and equality in the nineteenth century.