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.
Content Note
The beginnings of slavery -- The rise of the plantation South -- The experience of slavery -- Challenges from within -- Creating a culture -- The politics of slavery -- The end of slavery.