Books in Witness History series

Sitting Bull, the well-known Native American chief, united the Lakota Sioux in the northern Great Plains and led a mighty resistance of tribes who refused to be placed on reservations. This struggle resulted in violence, most famously at Little Bighorn in 1876. Though Sitting Bull fled to Canada, he ultimately returned to the United States in 1881. This book uses Sitting Bull's powerful words to examine the leader's considerable courage and determination as well as his aspirations for Native Americans.

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?

Topics covered in this book include: A Holy Land; Conflicting Interests; Mandate; Holocaust; Exit Britain, Enter the UN; Israel, 1948–1949; Digging In, 1949–1955; Suez; The Palestinians Organize; The Six-Day War, 1967; Resolution 242; Arab Versus Arab; Yom Kippur; The Conflict Spreads; Camp David; Mounting Violence; Intifada; PLO Recognition and Isolation; Signs of Hope, 1991–1996; Terror and Counter-terror; The Road Map; What Have We Learned?