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The struggle against slavery : a history in documents / David Waldstreicher.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pages from historyPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2001.Description: 173 p. : ill., map ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0195108507
  • 9780195108507
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 306.3/62/0973 21
LOC classification:
  • E447 .W157s 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
What is a document? -- How to read a document -- Vanguards of freedom -- The making of American slavery. Capture and transport -- Early resistance -- Slaves' lives in the colonies -- Rebels and runaways -- The African-American revolution. Liberty for all? -- Lord Dunmore and the promise of freedom -- The Declaration of Independence and the question of slavery -- Revolutionary soldiers -- Equality disputed -- Revolutionary ideals -- Forging freedom and fighting slavery in the north. First steps to freedom -- An end to the slave trade -- Opponents to colonization -- Free blacks speak out -- Another independence day -- The call for civil rights -- Slavery and freedom: dressing the part -- The continual struggle: southern slaves and masters. Private and public rebellion -- Disobedience and discipline -- Subversion, suffering, and escape -- The second American revolution and the end of slavery. Justified rebellion -- A welcome war -- Emancipation -- Liberation.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) E447 .W157s 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000056124

Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-168) and index.

What is a document? -- How to read a document -- Vanguards of freedom -- The making of American slavery. Capture and transport -- Early resistance -- Slaves' lives in the colonies -- Rebels and runaways -- The African-American revolution. Liberty for all? -- Lord Dunmore and the promise of freedom -- The Declaration of Independence and the question of slavery -- Revolutionary soldiers -- Equality disputed -- Revolutionary ideals -- Forging freedom and fighting slavery in the north. First steps to freedom -- An end to the slave trade -- Opponents to colonization -- Free blacks speak out -- Another independence day -- The call for civil rights -- Slavery and freedom: dressing the part -- The continual struggle: southern slaves and masters. Private and public rebellion -- Disobedience and discipline -- Subversion, suffering, and escape -- The second American revolution and the end of slavery. Justified rebellion -- A welcome war -- Emancipation -- Liberation.

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