The Story Of Slavery

by Sarah Courtauld

A compelling account of the story of slavery from ancient times, through the sugar plantations of the Caribbean and America to the slave trade's official abolition 200 years ago. Recounts the stories of individual slaves, including their journeys and escape stories, and the slave trade in the 21st century. With internet links to recommended websites with virtual tours and more information. Usborne Reading Programme has been developed with reading experts from Roehampton University. Young Reading Series 3 is designed to provide more complex stories for confident readers.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

64 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 2007

About the author

Sarah Courtauld lives in London and writes and illustrates funny books for children. Her favourite children's writers are Andy Stanton, Roald Dahl, Tove Jansson, J Meade Falkner and Lemony Snicket, although her all time favourite children's book is The Princess Bride.

Acclaim for Buckle and Squash & the Monstrous Moat Dragon:

"Delicious!"
Gertrude the goat.

Reviews

[Ros · Rating 5 out of 5]

A clear, factual account of slavery over thousands of years. It will be a good introduction for Year 6.

[Loren Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

An informative children’s book, looking into the history of slavery. I enjoyed the pictures and the descriptions very much, and found the research comprehensive. A great read.

[Sophie Toovey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very comprehensive, great for junior school- year 7. Didn’t just portray slaves as victims and gave interesting anecdotes. Artwork from the different time periods: ancient Egypt, Rome, slave trade. We need more childrens’ books on this important topic.

[Šmi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Still 40 million though

[Nancy Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A simple and highly detailed factual book about the history of slavery from 1750 - today for upper elementary 4-6th grade students. Has lots of drawing and photographs as well as a very good timeline to reference.

[Edie W · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve always loved this non fiction book it’s a quick and easy filler in between readers

[Tiffany Yip · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is recommended to everyone age because this book talks about the like of slaves during the ancient times. The laws of punishing the slaves was already made in 1750BC. Slavery was illegal only in 1937. So between 1750BC till 1936, the slavery problem is one of the long-lasting and ugliest problems ever had in the world. This book will tell you how slavery began from the Europe then to the whole world, and how did it end by the Civil war in the United States. It can help u understand more about Slavery

[Grace · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked to learn about slavery. It was sad, though.