Examines the history of the slave trade, from the time Africans were first brought to America as slaves in 1619 to the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
A forced migration -- Africans in America -- African slaves -- The terrible voyage -- Arriving in America -- The occupations of a slave -- The life of a slave -- The legalization of slavery -- A merging of cultures -- Slavery ends.