Cooke, Tim,

Working toward abolishing slavery / Tim Cooke. - pages cm. - Achieving social change .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book focuses on the slave trade that took more than 12 million captured Africans to the Americas to be owned and worked in cruel and inhuman conditions. Stories of resistance and rebellion by enslaved peoples include the Haitian rebellion and the Amistad Revolt. Key activists featured include Cyrille Bissette and Sojourner Truth. The forms of slavery that exist today are examined along with the campaigns and activists protesting them. Links to further information help readers find out more about current campaigns and become activists themselves"--

Ages 11-14+ Crabtree Publishing Company Grades 4-6 Crabtree Publishing Company

ISBN: 9780778779421 9780778779483

LCCN: 2020032442

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Antislavery movements
Slavery
Abolitionists
African American abolitionists

LC Class. No.: HT1031 / .C66 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 306.3/62