Myths and Realities of American Slavery : The True History of Slavery in America

by Perry, John Curtis

• ISBN13: 9781572493353
• ISBN10: 1572493356
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: White Mane Pub

Summary

With the slave reparation issue a hot topic in the 21st century, do Americans today really know what slavery was like in the 19th century? Myths & Realities of American Slavery explores this issue in great detail. Author John Perry in this study helps to dispel the myths of American slavery and shed new light on the realities of the practice.

Table of Contents

Prologue
Acknowlegments
Which Version of History?	p. 1
How American Slavery Began (Ancient Times to 1773)	p. 7
The Growth Period (1774 to 1830)	p. 49
Sectional Polarization	p. 61
Snapshot of Slavery	p. 91
The Lives of the Slaves (1831 to 1860) - Part 1	p. 107
The Lives of the Slaves (1831 to 1860) - Part 2	p. 139
Free African Americans in the South	p. 165
The War Between the States, 1861 to 1865	p. 180
The Legacy of Slavery	p. 232
The Use of Resources	p. 236
The Emancipation Proclamation	p. 245
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	p. 248
14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	p. 249
15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	p. 251
The L'Amistad Case	p. 252
Notes	p. 256
Bibliography	p. 272
Index	p. 282
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