Origins of American Slavery Freedom and Bondage in the English Colonies

Name: Origins of American Slavery Freedom and Bondage in the English Colonies
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ISBN: 9780809016082

ISBN-10: 0809016087

ISBN-13: 9780809016082

Edition: N/A

Authors: Betty Wood

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The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics. The Origins of American Slavery is a short analysis that shows the complex rationale behind the English establishment of American slavery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This new assessment of a pivotal time in the formation of what was to become the United States offers thought-provoking insights into the English influence on the development of the "peculiar institution."

Book details

List price: $16.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 3/4/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Introduction



Freedom and Bondage in English Thought



"Beastly Lyvynge": Images of West Africans and Native Americans



The First American Slaves: The Caribbean and Carolina



Tobacco Slaves: The Chesapeake Colonies



"Godly Society": Slavery Among Puritans and Quakers


Suggestions for Further Reading


Index