Books in Eyewitness to History series

This book uses primary source materials to study the institution of slavery in the United States and its role in the Civil War. Contents include: What is slavery?; Slavery begins in English America; How did they get there?; Slave auctions; Slave work; Slave women and children; Slave food, clothing, and shelter; Slave families; The slave community; Time off from work; Overseers and masters; U.S. government policy 1600s-1850s; Southern attitudes; Northern attitudes; Rebellion; Liberia; The underground railroad; Abolitionist writers; John Brown and Dredd Scott; African American soldiers in the Civil War; Freed slaves; What have we learned from slavery?

Frederick Douglass's life was so incredible that it took him three autobiographies to tell the whole story. His life as a slave and his daring escape are just two chapters. He was also a famous abolitionist and women's rights supporter. This biography uses Douglass's own writings in describing the key events in his life. Primary source materials shed light on key issues of the Civil War era and beyond. Historical photographs, sidebars, and fact boxes add even more relevant information about the era.

Topics covers in this book include: Colonial Vietnam; The French War; Cold War Conflict; Two Vietnams; The Advisors; Widening the War; Friend or Foe?; Methods of War; The South Vietnamese; Life During Wartime; The Media War; Trouble at Home; The POWs; Turning Points; Nixon’s War; A Distracted President; Talk of Peace; Coming Home; The Fall of Saigon; The Refugees; Vietnam Today; What Have We Learned?