Slavery and the Making of America

Name: Slavery and the Making of America
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ISBN: 9780195304510

ISBN-10: 0195304519

ISBN-13: 9780195304510

Edition: 2006

Authors: James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton

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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 slaves' valiant struggles to free themselves from bondage. There are dramatic tales of escape by slaves such…

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List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/16/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.90" wide x 6.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

James Oliver Horton, the Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History at George Washington University, directs the African American Communities Project at the Smithsonian Institution. He is a regular panelist on The History Channel's The History Center.

Lois E. Horton is a professor of sociology and American studies at George Mason University.