ABSTRACT

First published in 2009. From the founding of Jamestown to the American Civil War, slavery and abolition shaped American national, regional and racial identities. This four-volume reset edition draws together rare sources relating to American slavery systems. Volume 1 includes a general introduction and the colonial period covering slavery and the law, slave resistance, religion and slavery; and Pro-Slavery, Anti-Slavery and the Revolutionary Impulse.

chapter |107 pages

Acts Relating to Slaves

chapter |7 pages

Smith, Letters to Austin

chapter |53 pages

Grand Jury Presentments

chapter |11 pages

Whitefield and Garden

chapter |16 pages

Saffin, a Brief and Candid Answer

chapter |13 pages

Margate and Jeremiah