Charts the history of 24 million people taken from their homes in West Africa by force, and their journey across the Atlantic Ocean to start their new lives in the Americas. This book also looks at their constant fight against enslavement, as well as examining the developments in Europe and the USA that brought slavery to an end.

 

This book features in the following series: Documenting the Past, History in Writing .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Evans Publishing Group .

Christine Hatt read European Studies at Bath University. Having worked as a lexicographer and book editor she became a writer of nonfiction books for young people, and has written many titles on historical subjects.