Richard Worth

This fascinating volume explores everyday life for slaves in America. Readers will learn about the various duties that slaves were responsible for conducting, their relationships with their masters, and the ways they found to cope with the humiliating and demoralizing lives they were captured into. Contextual information about how the practice of slavery began, how slaves contributed to the southern economy, and how the institution was finally destroyed...

Singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality Christina Aguilera has been in the public eye since the 1990s. Her big voice is recognizable to many, but what fans may not know is that she is also an ambassador for the World Food Programme. Through direct quotations from Aguilera, as well as fascinating details of her life and colorful photos, readers will discover what makes Christina Aguilera an influential Latina.

From soap operas to sitcoms, Mexican-American actress Eva Longoria is a familiar face on television. Far more than just a superstar, Eva is committed to raising awareness about issues facing the American Latino community. Discover the secrets of how she turned her struggles into success and what she is giving back to her community.

Prohibition was a grassroots movement that changed America. Through an engaging recounting of historical events accompanied by eye-catching imagery, students will get to know some of Prohibition's dynamic leaders through their own words and actions, including Carry Nation who swung her ax to break up saloons, and Frances Willard who was a leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Readers will meet Purley Baker, the persuasive lobbyist who...

Toussaint L'Ouverture was an eighteenth-century military hero who led the Haitian Revolution, one of the greatest and most successful slave uprisings in the world. L'Ouverture believed strongly in both racial equality and anticolonialism, and he not only led the revolution against French control of Haiti but also created a prosperous autonomous colony before breaking ties with France. Unfortunately, L'Ouverture died in exile before seeing the fruits...

After the Spanish-American War brought Puerto Rico under the control of the United States, the island transformed from an agricultural colony to a densely populated American commonwealth. Explore the island's rich history, from the early clash between Spanish colonists and the Taino people to the vibrant, yet uncertain, future of this growing nation.

Presents the history of South Carolina, from its earliest beginnings in the sixteenth century up to the time of the American Revolution

Examines the events that led to the persecution of accused heretics against the Catholic Church, focusing on the Inquisition in medieval Spain