For more than 100 years, slavery was a way of life in the United States. Many people believed slavery was necessary and right. Many others fought tirelessly to end it. Hear the words they spoke. Read the words they read. And see the time of slavery through the eyes of the people who lived it. Want to know the whole story? Then go to the source! Primary sources give readers powerful insight into the differing perspective throughout an event. Open a Primary Source History book, and explore the past with the people who wrote, shouted, and sang about it.