Bibliograph

Life as a slave, Richard Worth

Type

Label

Life as a slave, Richard Worth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-122) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Life as a slave

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

930875383

Responsibility statement

Richard Worth

Series statement

Slavery and slave resistance

Summary

This fascinating volume explores everyday life for slaves in America. Readers will learn about the various duties that slaves were responsible for conducting, their relationships with their masters, and the ways they found to cope with the humiliating and demoralizing lives they were captured into. Contextual information about how the practice of slavery began, how slaves contributed to the southern economy, and how the institution was finally destroyed rounds out this informative resource. --Publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreword by series advisor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Slavery and freedom -- The beginnings of slavery -- Slave life in the 18th century -- The impact of cotton on slavery -- Slaves and masters -- Culture and slave life -- Emancipation -- Timeline

Target audience

juvenile

Classification