Library Print Resources

(Available at our School Library Media Center or at your local community library)

Altman, Linda. Slavery and Abolition in American History. New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 1999.

Beatty, Patricia. Jayhawker. New York: Beech Tree Books, 1995.

Bial, Raymond. The Strength of These Arms: Life in the Slave Quarters. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,1997.

Brinkley, Alan. American History, A Survey. New York: McGraw Hill, Inc., 1995.

Collier, Christopher. Slavery and the Coming of the Civil War, 1831-1861. New York: Benchmark Books, 2000.

Colbert, David. Eyewitness to America. New York: Vintage Books, 1998.

Erickson, Paul. Daily Life on a Southern Plantation 1853.New York: Dutton, 1998.

Fox, Paula. Slave Dancer. New York: Dell, 1975.

Gorrell, Gena. North Star to Freedom: The Story of the Underground Railroad. New York: Delacorte Press, 1997.

Greenwood, Barbara. The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad. Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1998.

Haskins, James. Get on Board: The Story of the Underground Railroad. New York: Scholastic, 1993.

Hamilton, Virginia. Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave. New York: A. A. Knopf, 1997.

Hamilton, Virginia. Many Thousands Gone: African-Americans from Slavery to Freedom. New York: Scholastic, 1993.

Hatt, Christine. Slavery: From Africa to the Americas. New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1997.

Herda, D. J. The Dred Scott Case: Slavery and Citizenship. New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 1994.

Lester, Julius. From Slave Ship to Freedom Road. New York: Dial Books, 1998.

Lester, Julius. To Be A Slave. New York: Puffin, 2000.

Meltzer, Milton. They Came in Chains: The Story of the Slave Ships. New York: Benchmark Books, 2000.

McGill, Alice. In the Hollow of Your Hand: Slave Lullabies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. (includes CD-ROM)

McKissac, Pat. Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters. New York: Scholastic, 1994.

Newman, Shirlee Petkin. Slavery in the United States. New York: Franklin Watts, 2000.

Rappaport, Doreen. Escape From Slavery: Five Journals to Freedom. New York: Harper Trophy, 1999.

Ruby, Lois. Steal Away Home. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1999.

Thomas, Joyce. Hush Songs: African American Lullabies. New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2000.

Tobin, Jacqueline. Hidden In Plain View. New York: Doubleday, 1999.

Yetman, Norman R. Voices From Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives. New York: Dove, 2000.