Slavery : real people and their stories of enslavement

Título
Slavery : real people and their stories of enslavement

R. G. Grant

Resumen
Slavery has plagued human history for thousands of years. During the colonization of the Americas, more than 12 million Africans were stolen from their homelands and forced to work in plantation colonies. What was it like to be enslaved? How did people endure such hardships? How did the enslaved fight for freedom?

Slavery.
 
Real people and their stories of enslavement
 
Subtitle on cover: Real people and their stories of enslavement

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2009

Descripción física
191 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.

Nota general
Includes index.

Término de la materia
Slavery -- History.
 
Slavery -- United States -- History.
 
African Americans -- History -- To 1863.

Síntesis
Slavery has plagued human history for thousands of years. During the colonization of the Americas, more than 12 million Africans were stolen from their homelands and forced to work in plantation colonies. What was it like to be enslaved? How did people endure such hardships? How did the enslaved fight for freedom?

ISBN
9780756651695
 
9781405336703

Información de publicación
London ; New York : DK Pub., 2009.


BibliotecaSignatura topográficaTipo de materialCódigo de barras del documentoEstado
Hillcrest306.3 GRABook30552000312961Non-Fiction