antislavery movements

Examines events and opinions surround the case of United States v. Amistad, in which a group of Africans were put on trial for staging a revolt aboard the slave ship Amistad.

A biography of Harriet Tubman, a woman who escaped slavery only to return many times to help lead other slaves to safety in the North.

Examines the ideals, the heroes, and the martyrs of the antislavery movement and the political, social, and economic problems of that period.

Profiles fourteen American men and women who fought against slavery in the nineteenth century, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Elijah Lovejoy, and Lucretia Mott.

A biography of a slave who became free and then worked to abolish slavery in the U.S. through his speeches, books, and newspaper.

A biography of the escaped slave who became an orator, writer, and leader in the abolitionist movement in the nineteenth century.

Traces the life of Frederick Douglas from his childhood as a slave in Maryland, his escape North to freedom, why he returned to Maryland, and how he became a national spokesman for African-Americans.

Describes the history of slavery in the Americas from the early colonial times to the end of the Civil War and Emancipation.

A biography of the runaway slave who became an abolitionist, a crusader for women's rights, and an advisor to Abraham Lincoln.

A biography of the black woman whose cruel experiences as a slave in the South led her to seek freedom in the North for herself and for others through the Underground railroad.