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Bound for America : the forced migration of Africans to the New World / James Haskins & Kathleen Benson ; paintings by Floyd Cooper.

Haskins, James, 1941-2005 (Author). Benson, Kathleen (Added Author). Cooper, Floyd, (ill.).

Summary:

Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas.

Item details

ISBN: 0688102581
ISBN: 9780688102586
ISBN: 068810259X (library binding)
ISBN: 9780688102593 (library binding)
Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm.
Publisher: New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1999.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Slavery in history -- Europe in 1492 -- Africa in 1492 -- Slavery in Africa -- New World slaves -- Capturing the slaves -- The march to the coast -- Slave holding pens -- Selecting slaves for purchase -- Branding slaves -- Leaving the African Shore -- Conditions on slave ships -- Feeding the slaves -- Dancing the slaves -- Shipboard mutinies -- The Amistad Revolt -- The journey ends -- Milestones in the history of slavery.

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Slave trade > America > History > Juvenile literature.
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Slave trade > History > Juvenile literature.
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