SuitabookSlavery across time
The book traces slavery from ancient times through the Americas and the slave trade to official abolition and slavery in the twenty-first century.
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Sarah Courtauld - Author
This is a structured historical introduction to slavery, combining broad chronology with accounts of enslaved people’s lives, journeys and escapes. Its contemporary coverage may help connect past systems with slavery that still exists.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a structured historical introduction to slavery, combining broad chronology with accounts of enslaved people’s lives, journeys and escapes. Its contemporary coverage may help connect past systems with slavery that still exists.
The book traces slavery from ancient times through the Americas and the slave trade to official abolition and slavery in the twenty-first century.
The book recounts stories of individual enslaved people, including journeys and escape stories, and discusses life in the New World and on plantations.
Consider reading alongside discussion about whose perspectives are included and how the book explains power, resistance and abolition. Be ready to pause around accounts of enslavement, punishment, escape or present-day slavery.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
The Story of Slavery (Usborne Young Reading: Series Three)
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