Rising from slavery. The story of freedom, as told by a former slave
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For more than two hundred years, slave ships from Africa came to the ports of the United States. In the best case, only a third of the slaves experienced a journey to their master. In the case of a storm or for the sake of obtaining insurance, the captains of the ships preferred to get rid of the ballast ", which were considered people sharpened in the holds.
This lasted until the middle of the XIX century. On June 19, 1865, the US Congress approved a law liberating the slaves throughout the country, on that day the dark -skinned ones began their long way to freedom. About the first stages of this path, about how dark -skinned fought first to call themselves a person, and then - for the right to receive education, work and live at their discretion, says an American classic, politician and enlightener Buker T. Washington. You will learn about how the story of the struggle against slavery began, you will understand how the formation of the BLM movement began.
Compiled: Shuliko G. A
This lasted until the middle of the XIX century. On June 19, 1865, the US Congress approved a law liberating the slaves throughout the country, on that day the dark -skinned ones began their long way to freedom. About the first stages of this path, about how dark -skinned fought first to call themselves a person, and then - for the right to receive education, work and live at their discretion, says an American classic, politician and enlightener Buker T. Washington. You will learn about how the story of the struggle against slavery began, you will understand how the formation of the BLM movement began.
Compiled: Shuliko G. A
Author:
Author:Букер Вашингтон
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:History & Geography
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-162823-9
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