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no sunlight and been fed only enough to keep them alive. This journey, however, was likely just the beginning of the trials and t...

that still labored in the homes and fields of the Southern slaveholders. Abolitionists even tirelessly transported illegal cargo....

of Elkins (1969) is not shared by most. Most people do not blame the institution of slavery for everything that has gone wrong sin...

been a slave and not due to his celebrity status among abolitionists for having endured slavery. In order to fully appreciate th...

trouble from the start. Upon seeing another ship which he believes is in trouble, he decides he must go and offer his help. Inst...

he raped her and forced her into acts, there is enough information to assume that this is what occurred. And, if it didnt it was s...

Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas and Virginia decided that they would succeed from the union and...

times a day (82). Food is an interesting consideration. Other documentation on slave diets is rather dismal. This subject creeps i...

a primary component of the transformation to African-American status, Huggins delves deep into the historical and cultural foundat...

1963). A few decades later he would write his book, Up from Slavery. The book, itself, is autobiographical in nature, chroniclin...

job of delving deeply into the historical and cultural foundation of racial discrimination during the slave trade. Black Odyssey ...

1817. While a master could lawfully punish a slave, using his own discretion and judgment, state law established a limit and that ...

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

that blacks, even if they were freed blacks, were not due citizenship and could never become citizens of the United States. As suc...

land become independent. But, with the slaves they truly had their own possessions which they desired to keep. This is perhaps one...