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For younger readers

Altman, Linda Jacobs. Slavery and Abolition in American History. Enslow, 1999. For middle school and high school readers.

Collier, Christopher, and James L. Collier. Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War. Marshall Cavendish, 1999. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Currie, Stephen. Escapes from Slavery. Lucent, 2003. For readers in grades 5 to 9.

Diouf, Sylviane A. Growing Up in Slavery. Millbrook, 2001. Draws on slave narratives; for readers in grades 6 to 12.

Fradin, Dennis Brindell. Bound for the North Star: True Stories of Fugitive Slaves. Clarion, 2000. For middle school and high school readers.

Grant, R. G. The African-American Slave Trade. Barron's, 2003. For readers in grades 6 to 12.

Haskins, James, and Kathleen Benson. Bound for America: The Forced Migration of Africans to the New World. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1999. For readers in grades 6 and up.

Landau, Elaine, ed. Slave Narratives: The Journey to Freedom. Watts, 2001. For readers in grades 5 to 7.

Meltzer, Milton. They Came in Chains: The Story of the Slave Ships. Benchmark, 1999. For middle school and high school readers.

Myers, Walter Dean. Amistad: A Long Road to Freedom. NAL, 1998, 2001. The story of the slave rebellion; for readers in grades 6 to 10.

Tackach, James. The Emancipation Proclamation. Lucent, 1999. For readers in grades 6 and up.

Thomas, Velma Maia. Lest We Forget: The Passage from Africa to Slavery and Emancipation. Crown, 1997. An interactive book with photographs.

Slavery in the United States

Berlin, Ira. Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America. Harvard University Press, 2000. A masterful synthesis of the existing literature on the slave era.

Drago, Edmund L., ed. Broke by the War: Letters of a Slave Trader. University of South Carolina Press, 1991. Letters from a prominent Charleston, South Carolina, slave trader provide insights into the business of slave trading.

Gutman, Herbert G. The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1720-1925. Random House, 1977. An in-depth analysis of slave families.

Johnson, Charles, and Patricia Smith. Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery. Harcourt, 1998. Based on the PBS documentary, a critical retelling of the plight of America's enslaved people.

Kolchin, Peter. American Slavery, 1619-1877. Hill & Wang, 1993. A brief but comprehensive synthesis.

Parish, Peter J. Slavery: History and Historians. HarperCollins, 1990. Overview for those unfamiliar with the topic.

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