Slavery and the Making of America

I received this book today. It is beautiful and filled with much detail about Slavery and the Making of America. Slavery played a profoundly important role in the making of the United States. The institution of slavery grew from the handful of Africans landed in Virginia in 1619 to the four million African Americans held in bondage at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. The bound labor of at least twelve generations of black people created great wealth for slaveholders; and this wealth was translated in political power. The slave trade and the products created by slaves' labor, particularly cotton, provided the basis for America's wealth as a nation. The history of slavery is central to the history of the United States and this book gives a story about the values and events that shaped American Society. Although slavery was abolished nearly a century and a half ago, the racism rooted in the nation's attempts to justify it remains with us today as the legacy of American slavery....good book...get one for yourself and you decide.

Not in any chronological order so I just don't have the head to follow this book, but the snippets are interesting. I never finished it. Why any author of historical books cannot write it in chronological order is beyond me ..

It is sad that so much emphasis is on the Confederate Flag as the cause for slavery--read this and get more of the real story.

This author is thorough and he is readable, which is why I gave this 4 stars. The book is a good grounding for anyone who wants to, or needs to, get a grasp of this issue.

I found that reading this book was enlightening as to where we are and how we reached the place in race relations today! I think this book should be read in schools and collages all over the U.S.

Good book on slavery. Vendor met all vendor requirements. No complaints

I thought it an excellent work for anyone preparing to paint the first strokes of study into the subject of slavery in America. I'm so very happy to have started my own study on the subject with this book.

very informative book, so much information that i never learned in school. a must read.