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 valiant struggles to escape bondage,
from dramatic tales of slaves such as William and Ellen
Craft to Dred Scott's doomed attempt to win his freedom
through the Supreme Court. We see how slavery set our
nation on the road of violence, from bloody riots that
broke out in American cities over fugitive slaves, to
the cataclysm of the Civil War. Along the way, readers
meet such individuals as "Black Sam" Fraunces,
a West Indian mulatto who owned the Queen's Head Tavern
in New York City, a key meeting place for revolutionaries
in the 1760s and 1770s. Indeed, the book is filled with
stories of remarkable African Americans, from Sergeant
William H. Carney, who won the Congressional Medal of
Honor for his bravery at the crucial assault on Fort
Wagner during the Civil War, to Benjamin "Pap"
Singleton, a former slave who led freed African Americans
to a new life on the American frontier.
With more than one hundred illustrations, Slavery
and the Making of America is a gripping account
of the struggles of African Americans against the iniquity
of slavery.
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