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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Dreams of Africa in Alabama Dreams of Africa in Alabama Sylviane A. Diouf Sylviane A. Diouf reconstructs the lives of 110 men, women, and children from Benin and Nigeria who were brought ashore in Alabama in 1860 under cover of night, recounting their capture and passage i… OL15306056W
Barracoon Barracoon Alice Walker,Zora Neale Hurston,Ibram X. Kendi The true story of the last known survivor of the Atlantic slave trade, illegally smuggled from Africa on the last "black cargo" ship to arrive in the United States. OL1890328W
The journals of Josiah Gorgas, 1857-1878 The journals of Josiah Gorgas, 1857-1878 Josiah Gorgas Josiah Gorgas was best known as the highly regarded Chief of Confederate Ordnance. Born in 1818, he attended West Point, served in the US Army, and later, after marrying Amelia Gayle, daughter of a f… OL3487861W
Old Alabama Town Old Alabama Town Mary Ann Neeley "Old Alabama Town is a visual and historical chronicle of one of the South's important architectural landmarks - four blocks of 19th-century buildings restored to their original condition, collective… OL5952326W