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The institution of slavery shaped the economic, social, and political history of the United States. Tensions between supporters and opponents of slavery simmered for decades with ever-increasing intensity, before boiling over into a devastating four-year civil war. This book examines the series of compromises aimed at diffusing sectional conflict during the first half of the nineteenth century, the development of political strategies, the outbreak...
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Long before 1776, when the thirteen British colonies declared themselves an independent nation ruled by principles like liberty, equality, and justice for all, enslaved people risked their lives to fight for these same rights in America. Opposition to slavery existed as long as slavery itself. Though rebellions were often put down with brutal tactics, they occurred everywhere: on large plantations and small farms, in major cities and small villages,...
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Until 1865, millions of slaves worked on plantations and small farms throughout the southern United States. The most common image is of slaves forced into difficult labor on cotton or tobacco fields. However, some plantation slaves were proficient craftsmen, trained in metalworking, carpentry, or other specialized skills. Others were house servants, who cooked and cleaned for their white masters. This book will give readers a better understanding...
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