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Author
Publisher
37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First 37 INK/Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Philadelphia, 1825. Five young, free black boys are lured onto a small ship with the promise of food and pay. They are instead met with blindfolds, ropes, and knives. Over four long months, their kidnappers drive them overland into the Cotton Kingdom to be sold as slaves. Determined to resist, the boys form a tight brotherhood as they struggle to free themselves and find their way home. Their ordeal shines a spotlight on the Reverse Underground Railroad,...
Author
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (15 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (218 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
America's Long Struggle against Slavery is a chance to survey the history of the American anti-slavery movement, from the dawn of the transatlantic slave trade during the late 15th century to the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and beyond. Taught by Professor Richard Bell of the University of Maryland, these 30 eye-opening lectures give an up-close view of a venal institution and the people who fought against it, and who often paid for their courage...
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