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03642aam a2200541 i 4500 001 EC26A59252CB11E58F6690D3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150904011213 008 131107s2014 enka b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013044645 020 $a 0199922683 (paperback) 020 $a 9780199922680 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)862575422 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d NYP $d ZWZ $d YUS $d ZCU $d HL6 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E441 $b .W723 2014 082 00 $a 306.3/620973 $2 23 084 $a HIS036030 $a HIS036030 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Williams, Heather Andrea, $e author. 245 10 $a American slavery : $b a very short introduction / $c Heather Andrea Williams. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a 140 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Very short introductions ; $v 396 520 $a "This short introduction to American slavery begins with the Portuguese capture of Africans in the 1400s and, drawing upon the scholarship of numerous historians as well as the analysis of primary documents, explores the development of slavery in the American colonies and later, the United States of America. It analyzes early legislation in Virginia that differentiated Indians and Africans from Europeans and began the process of stratifying society based on racial categories. Unlike some recent scholarship, it is attentive to the actual labor that enslaved people performed, reminding us that more than anything else, slavery was a system of forced labor that produced wealth for a new nation. And, it considers the tensions that arose between enslaved and enslavers as they interacted with one another, exerting control and undermining efforts at domination. Throughout, it explores slavery within the context of moral contradiction that included the development of an ideology that valorized freedom alongside a practice and justification of slavery that deemed inferior and denied freedom to a large swath of the population. The book explores conflicts between abolitionists who worked to eliminate slavery and pro-slavery advocates who worked doggedly to sustain the power and wealth they derived from the institution. It ends with the abolition of slavery in America following the Civil War"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The Atlantic slave trade -- Putting slavery into place -- The work of slavery -- Struggles for control -- Surviving slavery -- Taking slavery apart -- Epilogue. 650 0 $a Slavery $z United States $x History. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Slavery. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01120426 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Sklaverei. $0 (DE-588)4055260-3 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Sklavenhandel. $0 (DE-588)4198287-3 $2 gnd 651 7 $a USA. $0 (DE-588)4078704-7 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Esclavage $z EÌtats-Unis $x Histoire. $2 ram 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Very short introductions ; $v 396. 941 $a 7 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091740.0 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508021316.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20180731031240.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826103104.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20160213050851.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20151103031944.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20150904011845.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EC26A59252CB11E58F6690D3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b HL6Initiate Another SILO Locator Search