Chapter 1
Defining Slavery
Slavery was crucial to the development of the North as well as the South.
Chapter 2
Being Enslaved
Hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children were forcibly held in bondage throughout the northern colonies. Who were they?
Chapter 3
Choosing Resistance
How did enslaved individuals define and navigate a path of resistance and what were the consequences?
Chapter 4
Pursuing Justice
The end of Northern enslavement did not bring equality for Americans of African descent; instead, it created a national legacy of denial.