Hard trials on my way : slavery and the struggle against it, 1800-1860 / John Anthony Scott ; illustrated with contemporary prints and photographs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, John Anthony, 1916-2010.

Contributor:

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

Series:

Living history library

The Living history library

Mentor book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--Juvenile literature.

Slavery.

Antislavery movements--United States--Juvenile literature.

Antislavery movements.

United States.

Genre:

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 293 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, maps, portraits, music ; l8 cm.

Other Title:

Slavery and the struggle against it 1800-1860

Place of Publication:

New York : New American Library, 1978.

Contents:

Black cloud: Slavery moves South, 1787-1840

New-fallen snow: the Cotton kingdom, 1800-1860

Down in the wilderness: the daily struggle, 1800-1860

Jesus is Black: Nat Turner, 1831

Before the wind: Henry Bibb's flight, 1837

The selling of Solomon: the agony of Solomon Northrup, 1841-1854

Behold, this dreamer cometh: William Lloyd Garrison, July 4, 1829

Death, without benefit of clergy: Elijah Lovejoy, 1833-1837

Unreasonable seizures: Fair trial for fugitives, 1842

Rule or ruin: John C. Calhoun's advice to slaveholders, 1850

Do as you would be done by: Harriet Stowe and Uncle Tom's cabin, 1853

Outer darkness: Dred Scott v. Sanford, 1857

Multitudinous seas: Abraham Lincoln and John Brown, 1858-1860

Fruitful bough: epilogue.

Notes:

"First Mentor Printing, November, 1978."

"This is an authorized reprint of a hardover edition published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

0451616960

9780451616968

OCLC:

9948988