American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction

by Heather Andrea Williams

Book Overview

Europeans, Africans, and American Indians practiced slavery long before the first purchase of a captive African by a white land-owner in the American colonies; that, however, is the image of slavery most prevalent in the minds of Americans today. This Very Short Introduction begins with the Portuguese capture of Africans in the 1400s and traces the development of American slavery until its abolition following the Civil War. Historian Heather Andrea...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199922683
• ISBN13: 9780199922680
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.8" x 6.9"