As abolitionists fought to end slavery and influential southerners fought to keep it, the institution of slavery became a political issue. This valuable resource for student reports presents the impassioned debates made on the subject. Primary source document excerpts help further understanding.
It is difficult for the modern student to truly understand how America could have supported slavery. This volume, containing primary source first-person accounts, allows readers to learn directly from the people of the time. Through their wordssome hateful, others inspiringstudents will develop a fuller understanding of this chapter in American history.
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