Slavery in America: from colonial times to the Civil War

1. The West Coast of Africa: 1441-1866.

2. The Middle Passage: 1500-1866.

3. Americans in the slave trade: 1526-1865.

4. Slave life: 1619-1865.

5. Slave work: 1619-1865.

6. Runaways: 1619-1865.

7. Canada, other refuges, and the colonization/emigration movement: 1501-1865.

8. Rebels: 1526-1865.

9. Indians as slaves, as friends, and enemies of black slaves, and as slaveholders: 1529-1865.

10. The argument over slavery: 1637-1865.

11. Black soldiers in America's wars: 1635-1865.

12. The end of slavery: 1861-1865.