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.
As fifteen-year-old Pemba adjusts to leaving her Brooklyn, New York, home for small-town Connecticut, a history researcher helps her understand the paranormal experiences drawing her into the life of a girl who was once a slave in her house.
Gives children an overview of daily life as a slave in the U.S., discussing such topics as where slaves slept, what they ate, what "jumping the broom" was, why slaves were not allowed to read or write, and what happened if one tried to run away.
Continuing their adventures through space and time, Ben and his faithful dog, Ned, find themselves in the Mediterranean region in 1703, befriended by a troupe of traveling entertainers and relentlessly pursued by ruthless Barbary slave traders.
Explains the development, practice, and effects of the slave trade in the Americas with illustrations and photographs, maps and graphs, an index, and a timeline.
In Virginia in 1860, on the verge of the Civil War, fourteen-year-old Evvy chafes at the restrictions that her society places on both women and slaves.
