The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History


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Guided Readings: The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery 1600-1860

 Slavery in Historical Perspective
 Defining Slavery
 Slavery in the Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Worlds
 The Newness of New World Slavery
 Justifications of Slavery
 Slavery in Africa
 The Impact of the Slave Trade on West and Central Africa
 Why Africa?
 Enslavement
 The Middle Passage
 The Origins of New World Slavery
 Slavery in Colonial North America
 Slavery's Evolution
 The American Revolution and Slavery
 Antebellum Slavery
 Life Under Slavery
 Slave Labor
 Slave Family Life
 Slave Culture
 American Slavery in Comparative Perspective
 Slave Resistance and Revolts
 The Economics of Slavery
 Abolition



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