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