Slavery and the making of America

The African roots of Colonial America

Slavery: from the revolution to the cotton kingdom

Western expansion, antislavery, and resistance

Troublesome property: the many forms of slave resistance

A hard-won freedom: from Civil War contraband to emancipation

Creating freedom during and after the war.

The African roots of Colonial America

Slavery: from the revolution to the cotton kingdom

Westward expansion, antislavery, and resistance

Troublesome property: the many forms of slave resistance

A hard-won freedom: from Civil War contraband to emancipation

Creating freedom during and after the war.