Breaking the Chains

This engrossing book, which draws heavily upon primary sources, explores the many ways that slaves fought back against their captors. With accounts of daylight warfare and nighttime escapes, portraits of personal courage and group determination, a preeminent scholar of African American history illuminates a struggle for freedom that spanned centuries.

• Author
• William Loren Katz

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 208

• Publisher
• Simon Pulse

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780689819193

• Genres
• history

• Release date
• 1998