slaves

Examines the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln that gave freedom to all slaves living in territory still held by the Confederacy and provides information on the slave trade, Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Law, Underground Railroad, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Kris Bjornson, one of a group of slaves dumped on an uninhabited planet by their Catteni masters, learns to survive with the help of renegade exile Zainal, but when the time comes to join in a revolution against the Catteni, she is torn between her love for Zainal and her desire to return to Earth.

Chronicles the story of Dred and Harriet Scott's struggle to become free from slavery and discusses how their legendary court case contributed to the start of the Civil War.

Narratives of five escapes from slavery, each of which was typical in many ways but featured unusual personal characteristics or circumstances that made these trips to freedom extraordinary.

A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.

Relates the adventures of York, a slave and "body servant" to William Clark, who journeyed west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806.

A biography of a man born into slavery in South Carolina who became a master bridge builder and, during Reconstruction, served in the Alabama state legislature.

The life of Isaac Johnson, a runaway slave who joined the Union Army and later became a stonecutter in Canada.

Recounts the story of American slavery from African captivity to emancipation, through excerpts from slave autobiographies and slavery documents.