By reading this section of a chapter on "America's War for Independence," students will be able to outline the British southern strategy and its results, describe key American victories in the war, and also identify the main terms of the...

This section of a chapter on "The Antebellum South" discusses the similarities and differences in the lives of slaves and free blacks and describes the independent culture and customs that slaves developed.

See how the ideals of freedom and equality garnered from the American Revolution were reflected in the early abolitionist movement and the banning of slavery in many Northern state constitutions as the new country was forming.