Slavery from Africa to the Americas / Christine Hatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hatt, Christine.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

History sourcebook

A history sourcebook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--History--Juvenile literature.

Slavery.

Slavery--Africa, West--History--Juvenile literature.

Slavery--Caribbean Area--History--Juvenile literature.

Slavery--History.

West Africa.

Caribbean Area.

United States.

PRO Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy).

Genre:

History.

Juvenile works.

Physical Description:

63, [1] pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 30 cm

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Bedrick Books, [1997].

Summary:

An illustrated history of slavery in Africa and the Americas from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century.

Contents:

Introduction. Looking at Documents

Origins. West Africa; The Americas; Agriculture and Trade

The Triangular Trade. Slaving. Crossing the Atlantic; Slaves for Sale; Growth and Profit

Slave Life. Farms and plantations; Domestic slavery; Slave families; Slave religion; Slave laws and punishments; Runaways

Revolution and Rebellion. The American Revolution; North and South; Free Blacks; King Cotton; Rebellion in the USA; Rebellion in the Caribbean

Abolition and After. The End of the Slave Trade in England; Freedom and Apprenticeship; The Caribbean After British Abolition; The Road to War; The American Civil War; Reconstruction; Conclusion.

Notes:

"First edition, 1997"

"Design - Neil Sayer"

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Other Format:

Online version: Hatt, Christine. Slavery from Africa to the Americas.

ISBN:

0872265528 :

9780872265523

OCLC:

37742350