Book description
Know your stuff: Read a concise and uncompromising look at the American
slave trade, and the huge role African-American slaves played in
building 'The Land of the Free.'
From the first slaves arriving in Jamestown in 1619, the cotton fields
in the Southern States and shipbuilding in New England, to the slaves
who laid down their lives in war so that Americans could be free,
American Slavery in an Hour covers the breadth of the subject without
sacrificing important historical and cultural details.
An important and dark time in Black - and American - history, American
Slavery in an Hour will explain the key facts and give you a clear
overview of this much discussed period of history, as well as its legacy
in modern America.
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour… 'If the past is
a foreign country, History in an Hour is like a high-class tour
operator, offering delightfully enjoyable short breaks in the rich and
diverse continent of our shared past' Dominic Sandbrook
'The practice of History is ever-evolving, and the History In An Hour
idea brings it back up to date for the digital age' Andrew Roberts, Bookseller
'This is genius' MacWorld. com Having studied technology at Southwest
Missouri State University, Kat Smutz conducted research in a variety of
fields, most notably the everyday life of people in the United States
during the Victorian era. Professionally, Kat has worked in law
enforcement, as a teacher, and was a freelance journalist for twenty
years. All of those experiences lend themselves well to her work for
History an an Hour.
