Historical Sources on Slavery (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781502640871)

In 1619, Dutch traders sold twenty Africans to English settlers for the purposes of slave labor. By the late seventeenth century, enslaved Africans would become the primary source of labor in America, especially in the South. While the North relied more on technology after the Industrial Revolution, the Southern economy was based on agriculture. Despite the aversion of many Northerners to slavery after the American Revolution, the demand for cotton and tobacco in the North kept slavery, on which the antebellum Southern economy was based, alive. Students will read accounts about the lives of those enslaved laborers. Through primary sources, they'll also learn about the laws designed to protect the institution of slavery and how the institution was dismantled.

Author: Chet'la Sebree, Elizabeth Sirimarco
ISBN-10: 1502640872
ISBN-13: 9781502640871
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/30/2019
Pages: 144
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d