Describes the efforts of the antislavery advocates, slave resisters, and runaways to end the practice of slavery in America.

Describes the horrors suffered by the Africans who were kidnapped from their homeland and brought to America to work as slaves.

Contains compelling stories about slaves, slave owners, abolitionists, and the whole concept of how slavery affected America.

Slaves rebelled and sometimes ran away from their plantations. Abolitionists battled to win victories in Congress to help free the slaves but the actions of both slaves and abolitionists helped lead to Civil War.