Search Results: Returned 7 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 7
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2010., Compass Point Books Call No: 973.7 11 Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: The Civil WarSummary Note: Discusses the conditions that led to the U.S. Civil War, including disputes over slavery, cultural differences between the North and the South, secession of several states, and the attack on Fort Sumter.
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-- Slavery in the plantation South2005., Juvenile, Lucent Books Call No: 306.3 62 0975 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents a concise history of slavery in the Americas with the arrival of the first Africans in the early 1600's, and describes the rise of the plantation South, the revival of slavery with the cotton gin, slave rebellions and the Underground Railroad, and the end of slavery in 1865.
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By Levy, Debbie2004., Juvenile, KidHaven Press/Thomson/Gale Call No: 306.3 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Daily lifeSummary Note: This book discusses the daily life of slaves on southern plantations including home life, family, work, and treatment by slave owners and society.
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2003., Juvenile, Blackbirch Press/Thomson/Gale Call No: 973.7 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Voices from the Civil WarSummary Note: This book provides excerpts from letters, books, newspaper articles, speeches, and diary entries which express various views of Southern Americans toward slavery and the Civil War.
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1997., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Call No: 975 .00496073 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how slaves were able to preserve some elements of their African heritage despite the often brutal treatment they experienced on Southern plantations.
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-- U.S. growth and change in the 19th centuryc2011., Cherry Lake Pub. Call No: 973.5 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Language arts explorer. History digsSummary Note: Discusses American history between 1801 and 1861 and encourages students to think like historians and decipher the information, facts, and clues in the text to answer questions about the Louisiana Purchase, the California Gold Rush, the Underground Railroad, and other related topics.