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64 pp.
| Barron's |
May, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-7641-5604-7$$14.95
|
PaperISBN 0-7641-2423-4$$8.95
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YALives in Crisis series.
This book presents a simplified but adequate narrative of the African-American slave trade, giving readers an overview of slavery and its effects. Topics include how the slave trade was born, grew, and flourished; slavery in the New World; the struggle for abolition; and the aftermath. The book is filled with sidebars and period photographs and drawings in a dense format. Resources, timeline. Glos., ind.