American Slavery

A concise history of slavery in America, including the daily life of American slaves, the laws that sought to legitimize white supremacy, the anti-slavery movement, and the abolition of slavery

Heather Andrea Williams is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the author of Help Me to Find My People: The African American Search for Family Lost in Slavery, and Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom.

- Chapter 1-Old Worlds Collide through the Atlantic Slave Trade
- Chapter 2-Putting Slavery Into Place in the American Colonies
- Chapter 3-Early Challenges to Slavery in America
- Chapter 4-America Built on Slavery
- Chapter 5-Making Life Bearable
- Chapter 6--Domination and Resistance
- Chapter 7--Taking Slavery Apart
- Epilogue