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American Slavery
The book “American Slavery, 1619-1877” is a survey of American slavery and a probe into the life of those involved in the “peculiar institution” of slavery. It begins with the origin of slavery in the sixteen hundreds, with the importation of slaves from Africa where their free labor was used to establish the agricultural base of the new world. From this point, the author progresses to follow the growth of slavery, not just by quoting statistics, but by providing accounts of conditions of the lives and times of slaves as well as slave owners. The author does not just provide tales of hardship and a damning opinion of slavery, but rather focuses on the facts of daily living of slaves. Mr. Kolchin delves deeply into the strangely
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