Abolitionists and Slave Resistance: Breaking the Chains of Slavery

by Judith Edwards

Book Overview

During the pre-Civil-War era, abolitionists, both black and white, and slave resisters helped bring about the end of slavery in the United States. Brought about by abolitionists' and slave resisters'... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0766021556
• ISBN13: 9780766021556
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Enslow Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 11 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 12

Customer Reviews

Over a hundred pages of detail on underground movements

Grades 6 and up will find Judith Edwards' Abolitionists And Slave Resistance a most accessible history, providing over a hundred pages of detail on underground movements to break the chains of slavery. From war's new opportunities for African-Americans to different ways in which slaves resisted and how abolitionists organized, Abolitionists And Slave Resistance offers the specifics missing in more general titles.