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Author

Katz, William Loren.

Title Breaking the chains : African-American slave resistance / William Loren Katz.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : Atheneum ; Toronto, [Ont.] : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York, N.Y. : Maxwell Macmillan International Pub. Group, c1990.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Special Collections Whitehead	975.00496 K159b 1990	---	Lib Use Only

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xiii, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index.
Summary	Describes slavery in the United States, the harsh conditions under which slaves lived, the active and passive resistance with which they fought for their rights, the revolts, and the involvement of slaves in the Civil War.
Subject	Slave insurrections -- Juvenile literature.
	Southern States -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN	0689314930