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An illustrated history of slavery in Africa and the Americas from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century.An illustrated history of slavery in Africa and the Americas from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century.
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School Library Journal
Gr 5-8A chronology of slavery that uses high-quality black-and-white and full-color maps, paintings, and reproductions, along with primary-source documents on every page, to grab readers' attention. This broad overview covers, or at least presents a smattering of information on the Middle Passage, plantation life, abolitionism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Olaudah Equiano, the Amistad affair, Charles Ball, and Harriet Jacobs are also mentioned. Other anti-slavery notables such as Frances Kemble and Mary Prince come from the British tradition and may be new to American audiences. Each topic includes an introductory description, illustration, defined vocabulary, and historical quotes with explanatory notes. Unfortunately, the busy patchwork effect of boxed material laid out at odd angles across the pages weakens the presentation and detracts from its coherence. A repetitive graphic pattern of a neck chain across the top of each spread seems overused and gratuitous as page decoration. This information is too serious and sensitive for such a careless, overdesigned layout.Janet Woodward, Garfield High School, Seattle, WABook Details
Published
November 1, 1997
Publisher
New York : Peter Bedrick Books, 1997.
Pages
63
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780872265523