Displaying 1 of 1 2020 Format: Book Author: Harris, Duchess, author. Title: How slaves built America / by Duchess Harris, JD, PhD, with Tom Streissguth. Publisher, Date: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2020] Description: 112 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm. Summary: "Delves into the history of how slave labor helped build the US economy and many historic structures, as well as how people benefited in different ways from the practice of slavery"--Publisher's website. Series: Slavery in America Harris, Duchess. Slavery in America. Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature. Slavery -- Southern States -- History -- Juvenile literature. Enslaved persons -- Juvenile literature. Other Author: Streissguth, Thomas, 1958- author. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 104) and index. Contents: What slavery built -- Charleston -- Compromises with slavery -- Slavery, trade, and politics -- The cotton economy -- Making a breadbasket -- The civil war and its aftermath -- Reconstruction and modern America -- Enduring racism. LCCN: 2018965962 ISBN: 9781532119248 (lib. bdg.) 1532119240 (lib. bdg.) Other Number: 1089489994 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 826896 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j 306.362 Harris Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
