Slave Rebellions

by Jessica A. Gresko

Author Jessica A. Gresko provides a comprehensive account of pivotal slave rebellions in the United States that shook the foundations of the slave economy. The result of growing resentment over the conditions of bondage, many rebellions resulted in shaping public opinion against slavery. In the slaveholding areas of the United States, however, rebellions resulted in harsher methods of social control and repression, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159018548X
• ISBN13: 9781590185483
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Lucent Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10