Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Trafficking in human beings Trafficking in human beings Silvia Scarpa This text analyses the various international legal instruments regulating people trafficking including treaties, 'soft law' and the definition contained in the UN Trafficking Protocol, and argues tha… OL13804410W
What shall we do with the Negro? What shall we do with the Negro? Paul D. Escott Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott… OL15300925W
Bound for Canaan Bound for Canaan Fergus M. Bordewich A history of the Underground Railroad as the movement reflected America's moral complexities and political divisiveness offers insight into the role played by the nation's westward expansion, the spi… OL15811880W
Bury the chains Bury the chains Adam Hochschild An account of the first great human rights crusade, which originated in England in the 1780s and resulted in the freeing of hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world. In 1787, twelve men gathe… OL15825553W
Islam's Black slaves Islam's Black slaves Ronald Segal "A companion volume to The Black Diaspora, this work tells the story of the Islamic slave trade. Islam's Black Slaves documents a centuries-old institution that still survives, and traces the busines… OL15843525W
The problem of slavery in the age of Revolution, 1770-1823 The problem of slavery in the age of Revolution, 1770-1823 David Brion Davis "David Brion Davis's books on the history of slavery reflect some of the most distinguished and influential thinking on the subject to appear in the past generation. The Problem of Slavery in the Age… OL1882666W
My Face Is Black Is True My Face Is Black Is True Mary Frances Berry "My face is black is true but its not my fault but I love my name and my honest in dealing with my fellow man."~Callie House (1899)In her groundbreaking new book, My Face Is Black Is True, historian … OL1956913W
Freedom national Freedom national James Oakes Freedom National is a groundbreaking history of emancipation that joins the political initiatives of Lincoln and the Republicans in Congress with the courageous actions of Union soldiers and runaway … OL19662258W
Slavery and social death Slavery and social death Orlando Patterson,Orlando Patterson In a work of prodigious scholarship and enormous breadth, which draws on the tribal, ancient, premodern, and modern worlds, Orlando Patterson discusses the internal dynamics of slavery in sixty-six s… OL1990170W
A turbulent time A turbulent time David Geggus,David Barry Gaspar "This volume examines several slave societies in the Greater Caribbean to illustrate the pervasive and multi-layered impact of the revolutionary age on the region. Built precariously on the exploitat… OL20634216W
Bitter avontuur Bitter avontuur Renate van der Zee Narindra, Agnieszka en Stella dromen van een beter bestaan als ze naar Nederland komen. Ze weten alle drie wat armoede is. Maar als ze eenmaal bij hun Nederlandse werkgevers aan de slag gaan, komen z… OL24440765W
Bevrijd de slaven! Bevrijd de slaven! Adam Hochschild Geschiedenis van de afschaffing van de slavernij in het Britse rijk gedurende de achttiende en negentiende eeuw. OL24665232W
Mensenhandel op klaarlichte dag Mensenhandel op klaarlichte dag E. Benjamin Skinner Oorspr. titel: A crime so monstrous (2008). Journalistieke reportage over moderne vormen van slavernij overal ter wereld, waarbij zowel mannen als vrouwen en kinderen tot onbetaalde arbeid en prosti… OL26184376W
The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave, related by herself The history of Mary Prince, a West Indian slave, related by herself Mary Prince,Moira Ferguson "Interesting and highly valuable first-person narrative of a woman slave who details her experiences in Bermuda and Antigua and also in Britain where she was employed by abolitionist Thomas Pringle. … OL2720812W
De opstand op het slavenschip Meermin De opstand op het slavenschip Meermin Dan Sleigh Reconstructie van de toedracht van de slavenopstand op de Meermin in 1766, als gevolg waarvan het schip verging op de Zuid-Afrikaanse kust. OL27676798W
Slave culture Slave culture Sterling Stuckey In this ground-breaking study, Sterling Stuckey, a leading cultural historian and authority on slavery, explains how different African peoples interacted on the plantations of the South to achieve a … OL5268241W
Transformations in slavery Transformations in slavery Paul E. Lovejoy "This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. The new edition revises statist… OL53556W
The punished self The punished self Alex Bontemps "The Punished Self describes enslavement in the American South during the eighteenth century as a systematic assault on blacks' sense of self. Alex Bontemps explores slavery's effects on the captives… OL7307234W
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