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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Bound for America Bound for America James Haskins Discusses the European enslavement of Africans, including their capture, branding, conditions on slave ships, shipboard mutinies, and arrival in the Americas. OL14865376W
False Colors False Colors Alex Beecroft For his first command, John Cavendish is given the elderly bomb vessel HMS Meteor, and a crew as ugly as the ship. He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked l… OL15116565W
The slave ship The slave ship Emma Gelders Sterne A fictional account of the 1839 revolt of Africans aboard the slave ship Amistad and the subsequent Amistad Case argued by John Quincy Adams before the United States Supreme Court. OL15857908W
In the King's Name In the King's Name Douglas Reeman Filled with high-seas intrigue and sharp tensions, this nautical novel takes an intense voyage into the heart of Napoleonic-era Africa. The year is 1819 and Captain Adam Bolitho has been sent on an u… OL16021536W
Soul by Soul Soul by Soul Walter Johnson Soul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton plantations and into the slave market itself, the heart of the domestic slave trade. Taking us inside the … OL16808721W
The Bride Box (A Mamur Zapt Mystery) The Bride Box (A Mamur Zapt Mystery) Michael Pearce Cairo, 1912. The Pasha receives an unexpected gift: a traditional Bride Box. When opened, however, the box contains an unwelcome jolt from the past . . . At the same time, a little girl is discovered… OL17082307W
Onaedo, the blacksmith's daughter Onaedo, the blacksmith's daughter Ngozi Achebe A tale of two women separated by 400 years but linked by history. Maxine a modern American woman who is half white and half African comes across a set of diaries written by a slave in the 16th centur… OL24202019W
Dark princess Dark princess W. E. B. Du Bois 29, 311 p. 24 cm OL28596W
The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Robert J. Allison,Olaudah Equiano,Rebecka Rutledge Fisher The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, details its writer's life in slavery, his time spent serving on galleys, the eventual attainment of his own freedom and late… OL743333W