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43 resources for “Slavery -- United States -- History”

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The Heritage of The South A History of the Introduction of Slavery; Its Establishment From Colonial Times and Final Effect Upon the Politics of the United States

Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894; Early, R. H. (Ruth Hairston), 1849-1928 [Editor]

The Heritage of The South A History of the Introduction of Slavery; Its Establishment From Colonial Times and Final Effect Upon the Politics of the United...

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A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia

Brawley, Benjamin Griffith, 1882-1939

A Social History of the American Negro Being a History of the Negro Problem in the United States. Including A History and Study of the Republic of Liberia...

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The Fugitive Blacksmith or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Maryland, United States

Pennington, James W. C., 1809-1870

The Fugitive Blacksmith or, Events in the History of James W. C. Pennington, Pastor of a Presbyterian Church, New York, Formerly a Slave in the State of Ma...

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American Slave Trade Or, An Account of the Manner in which the Slave Dealers take Free People from some of the United States of America, and carry them away, and sell them as Slaves in other of the States; and of the horrible Cruelties practised in the carrying on of this most infamous Traffic

Torrey, Jesse, active 1787-1834

American Slave Trade Or, An Account of the Manner in which the Slave Dealers take Free People from some of the United States of America, and carry them awa...

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The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States.

Gasparin, Agénor, comte de, 1810-1871; Booth, Mary L. (Mary Louise), 1831-1889 [Translator]

The Uprising of a Great People The United States in 1861. to Which is Added a Word of Peace on the Difference Between England the United States. — English...

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Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872

Poole, William Frederick, 1821-1894; Buchanan, George, 1763-1808

Anti-Slavery Opinions before the Year 1800 Read before the Cincinnati Literary Club, November 16, 1872 — English source edition. Subject: Antislavery movem...

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The Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences: Four Periods of American History

Herbert, Hilary A. (Hilary Abner), 1834-1919

The Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences: Four Periods of American History — English source edition. Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861...

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The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume VII, Complete The Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life, and Criticism

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume VII, Complete The Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life, and Criticism — English source e...

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Thirty Years a Slave From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter: Autobiography of Louis Hughes

Hughes, Louis, 1832-1913

Thirty Years a Slave From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter: Autobiography of Louis H...

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