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Slavery, real people and their stories of enslavement, written by R. G. Grant

eng

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Slavery

694830218

written by R. G. Grant

real people and their stories of enslavement

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?

Background to slavery -- The Atlantic slave trade -- How the slave trade worked -- Life in slavery -- The fight for freedom -- Abolishing slavery in the Americas -- Aftermath of slavery

juvenile

Real people and their stories of enslavement