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| Prologue | vi | ||
| Acknowledgments | x | ||
| Chapter 1 Which Version of History? | 1 | (6) | |
| Chapter 2 How American Slavery Began (Ancient Times to 1773) | 7 | (42) | |
| Chapter 3 The Growth Period (1774 to 1830) | 49 | (12) | |
| Chapter 4 Sectional Polarization | 61 | (30) | |
| Chapter 5 Snapshot of Slavery | 91 | (16) | |
| Chapter 6 The Lives of the Slaves (1831 to 1860) - Part 1 | 107 | (32) | |
| Chapter 7 The Lives of the Slaves (1831 to 1860) - Part 2 | 139 | (26) | |
| Chapter 8 Free African Americans in the South | 165 | (15) | |
| Chapter 9 The War Between the States, 1861 to 1865 | 180 | (52) | |
| Chapter 10 The Legacy of Slavery | 232 | (4) | |
| Appendix A The Use of Resources | 236 | (9) | |
| Appendix B The Emancipation Proclamation | 245 | (3) | |
| Appendix C 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution | 248 | (1) | |
| Appendix D 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution | 249 | (2) | |
| Appendix E 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution | 251 | (1) | |
| Appendix F The L'Amistad Case | 252 | (4) | |
| Notes | 256 | (16) | |
| Bibliography | 272 | (10) | |
| Index | 282 |
