History Compass Publishers of Primary Source Based U.S. History Books

Early America to 1763

9781579600297

American Quakers
by Wim Coleman

In this popular compilation, letters, journals, artwork, and essays describe the origins of Quakerism, the Quakers in Colonial America, matters of conscience, and writings by…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-029-7     Price: $7.95     Paperback, 66pp

9781878668486

Colonial Triangular Trade: An Economy Based on Human Misery
by Phyllis Rabin Emert

By the 1780s, about 97,000 slaves a year were being sent to the Americas on more than 800 slave ships.  Most went from Africa to…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-48-6     Price: 7.95     63 pages, paperback

9781878668233

Coming to America: A New Life in a New Land
by Katharine Emsden

Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass’ popular Perspectives on History series.  Excerpts from the diaries and letters of young…
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ISBN: 978-1-878668-23-3     Price: 7.95     63 pages, paperback

9781579600471

Crime and Punishment: The Colonial Period to the New Frontier
by Pat Perrin and Wim Coleman

Compelling firsthand accounts and primary source U.S. history documents underpin History Compass’ popular Perspectives on History series.  This volume introduces criminal justice in the American…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-047-1     Price: 7.95     68 pages, paperback

Cry “Witch!”: The Salem Witchcraft Trials (2nd ed.)
by Lawrence Gain and Juliet H. Mofford

Amid a time of turmoil, the “afflicted girls” of 1692 Salem, Massachusetts cried out against scores of accused witches.  Smallpox epidemics, drought, and Native American…
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ISBN: 978-1-932663-18-1 (2nd ed.)     Price: 7.95     78 pages, paperback

Spanish Explorers
by Pat Perrin

Covering the early stages of Spanish ocean and overland exploration and the Spanish conquest of the Americas, this book contains primary source and background material…
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ISBN: 978-1-57960-088-4     Price: $8.95     56 pages, paperback