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Nat Turner Nat Turner Kyle Baker In graphic novel format, depicts the life and times of the self-educated African American preacher who led a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831, believing that God wanted him to fr… OL133763W
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion Michael Burgan In graphic novel format, tells the true story of the 1831 Virginia slave rebellion led by slave Nat Turner, who believed he was a prophet. OL15037076W
The story of the Amistad The story of the Amistad Emma Gelders Sterne A fictional account of the 1839 revolt of Africans, led by Cinque, against their Spanish captors aboard the slave ship Amistad, and their subsequent arrival in the United States, where they were trie… OL1523119W
The long black schooner The long black schooner Emma Gelders Sterne A fictional account of the 1839 revolt of Africans, led by Cinque, against their Spanish captors aboard the slave ship Amistad, and their subsequent arrival in the United States, where they were trie… OL1523124W
Property Property Valerie Martin Valerie Martin’s **Property** delivers an eerily mesmerizing inquiry into slavery’s venomous effects on the owner and the owned. The year is 1828, the setting a Louisiana sugar plantation where Manon… OL15866359W
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World Greg Grandin,Greg Grandin Groundbreaking analysis and gripping storytelling from one of today's most original and highly acclaimed historians. 'The Empire of Necessity is scholarship at its best. Greg Grandin's deft penetrat… OL16812761W
Master of the crossroads Master of the crossroads Madison Smartt Bell Provides a fictional account of the life and times of Toussaint Louverture, a gifted military and political leader who embarked on a campaign to free the slaves in late-eighteenth-century Haiti in th… OL17736673W
An historical account of the black empire of Hayti An historical account of the black empire of Hayti Rainsford, Marcus As the first complete narrative in English of the Haitian Revolution, Marcus Rainsford's An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti was highly influential in establishing nineteenth-century w… OL18039695W
Black thunder Black thunder Arna Wendell Bontemps "Black Thunder is the true story of a slave insurrection that failed ... Garbriel is a young slave, who ... decides to avenge the murder of a fellow-slave by leading the Negroes of Richmond, Virginia… OL1946473W
A chain of voices A chain of voices André Philippus Brink,Andre Brink On a farm near the Cape Colony in the early nineteenth century, a slave rebellion kills three and leaves eleven others condemned to death. The rebellion’s leader, Galant, was raised alongside the boy… OL1965328W
The heroic slave The heroic slave Frederick Douglass Contains primary source documents. OL19666030W
Amistad Amistad Colin Wilson,David Franzoni,Steven Spielberg,Debbie Allen Chronicles the 1839 revolt on board the slave ship Amistad bound for America. Much of the story involves the court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt. OL19699680W
Amistad Amistad D'Arcy Adrian-Vallance "It is 1839. The slave ship, Amistad, is carrying African slaves to America. There is a bloody fight on ship, and the Africans are free. But soon they are in prison in the US. Must they return to the… OL20940609W
Resistance and abolition Resistance and abolition Dan Lyndon Black History is brought to life in this exciting and engaging series, bringing together events from early civilisations in Africa right up to modern-day life for black communities across the world. OL24806402W
Spartacus Spartacus Yann Le Bohec Spartacus est né d'une famille libre, au Ier siècle avant J.-C. (vers 93), dans la province de Thrace, province de culture grecque conquise par Rome. Très jeune, victime d'une razzia, il fut vendu co… OL27741088W
All souls' rising All souls' rising Madison Smartt Bell One of the most prolific and gifted writers at work today presents an epic novel of astonishing depth and range about the black uprising in Haiti 200 years ago. A remarkable retelling of an episode o… OL2905540W
The insolent slave The insolent slave William E. Wiethoff "While scholars of American history have written extensively about slave insurgency in the form of rebellion, William E. Wiethoff considers a more subtle form of resistance that caused considerable c… OL2928048W
Caribbean slave revolts and the British abolitionist movement Caribbean slave revolts and the British abolitionist movement Gelien Matthews This book critically analyses the extent to which a dialectic existed between enslaved revolutionaries in the Caribbean colonies and white aboltionists in Britain. The latter commented on the self li… OL5831342W
The Amistad mutiny The Amistad mutiny Bernice Kohn Hunt Using contemporary documents, traces the 1839 revolt of Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad, their subsequent apprehension, and long trial which ended in their acquittal by the Supreme Court. OL5832903W
John Constantine Hellblazer John Constantine Hellblazer Mat Johnson Hellblazer Special: Papa Midnite #1–5 OL6032920W
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