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Horton, James Oliver.
Slavery and the making of America / James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2006, c2005.
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ISBN
E441 .H73 2006
Status
AVAILABLE
254 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-248) and index.
The African roots of Colonial America -- Slavery: from the revolution to the cotton kingdom
-- Westward expansion, antislavery, and resistance -- Troublesome property: the many
forms of slave resistance -- A hard-won freedom: from Civil War contraband to
emancipation -- Creating freedom during and after the war.
The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery
and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates
the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the
slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply nuanced look at
American slavery, from the first Africans brought to British colonies in the early seventeenth
century to the end of Reconstruction. The authors document the horrors of slavery,
particularly in the deep South, and describe the valiant struggles to escape bondage, from
dramatic tales of slaves such as William and Ellen Craft to Dred Scott's doomed attempt to
win his freedom through the Supreme Court. We see how slavery set our nation on the road
of violence, from bloody riots that broke out in American cities over fugitive slaves, to the
cataclysm of the Civil War. Along the way, readers meet such individuals as "Black Sam"
Fraunces, a West Indian mulatto who owned the Queen's Head Tavern in New York City, a
key meeting place for revolutionaries in the 1760s and 1770s. Indeed, the book is filled with
stories of remarkable African Americans, from Sergeant William H. Carney, who won the
Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery at the crucial assault on Fort Wagner during
the Civil War, to Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, a former slave who led freed African Americans
to a new life on the American frontier. With more than one hundred illustrations, Slavery
and the Making of America is a gripping account of the struggles of African Americans
against the iniquity of slavery.
Slavery -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863.
Horton, Lois E.
0195304519 (pbk.)