Slavery
Slavery | Black Resistance to American Slavery Was Widespread
Many thousands of slaves chose to fight the system that bound them by running away, so many, in fact, that a regular feature of practically every issue of every Southern newspaper was the listing of runaway slave advertisements. However, only a small fraction of those who made the attempt were able to reach an area where they could be free. Although estimates of the number of fugitive slaves range as high as sixty thousand to one hundred thousand, the most recently published student of the problem, Larry Gara, who wisely does not commit himself to a specific estimate, believes the figure...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Slavery Is a Positive Good
- Slavery Is Evil
- Slavery Was Oppressive and Dehumanizing
- The Harshness of Slave Life Has Been Exaggerated
- The U.S. Government Should Pay Reparations to Blacks for the Harms Caused by Slavery
- The U.S. Government Should Not Pay Reparations to Blacks for the Harms Caused by Slavery
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Resistance to Slavery Is Justified
- Resistance to Slavery Is Not Justified
- The Underground Railroad Aided Many Runaway Slaves
- The Underground Railroad Was Largely a Myth
- Black Resistance to American Slavery Was Widespread
- Open Rebellion Against American Slavery Was Relatively Limited
- Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Popular Sovereignty over Slavery Divides the Nation
- Popular Sovereignty Should Decide Slavery
- Freeing the Slaves Should Be the Primary War Aim
- Preserving the Union Should Be the Primary War Aim
- Slavery Would Have Been Abolished Without the Civil War
- Slavery Would Have Continued Indefinitely Without the Civil War
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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