Hard Road to Freedom: The Story of African America: Volume 2: From the Civil War to the Millennium

Since Hard Road to Freedom was released, it has garnered universal acclaim. Rutgers University Press is pleased to announce the availability of this book in two separate volumes for courses in African American history that span two semesters. Volume I includes the following chapters:

• Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade
• The Evolution of Slavery in British North America
• Slavery and Freedom in the Age of Revolution
• The Early Republic and the Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
• Slavery and the Slave Community
• Free People of Color and the Fight against Slavery
• From Militancy to Civil War