This is a primary source booklet which accompanies a series of 11 lessons on slavery in the United States. There are ten edited primary sources which are between 1-2 pages each. Each source looks at a different aspect of the slave trade: Africa before European contact Capture into slavery The Middle Passage Slave auctions White defences of slavery Life on a southern plantation The experience of female slaves Slave resistance Slave escapes The abolition of slavery in the USA