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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
From slavery to citizenship From slavery to citizenship J. R. Ennals Citizenship is not a spectator sport; it is all about engagement. From Slavery to Citizenship is part of a bigger picture - a development process which will enable us to gain more control over our ow… OL12420693W
A Slaveholders' Union A Slaveholders' Union George William Van Cleve From the University of Chicago Press: "After its early introduction into the English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passage of th… OL15584374W
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 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
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
Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World Hilary Beckles,Verene Shepherd A selection of overy 70 articles covering the sociology and econmics of slavery as well as its superstructure and, in particular, issues of race, helath , morality, religion, recreational culture, wo… OL1976276W
Asian slaves in colonial Mexico Asian slaves in colonial Mexico Tatiana Seijas "During the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, countless slaves from culturally diverse communities in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia journeyed to Mexico on the ships of the Manila… OL19981813W
Stories of Freedom in Black New York Stories of Freedom in Black New York Shane White "Stories of Freedom in Black New York re-creates the experience of black New Yorkers as they moved from slavery to freedom. In the early decades of the nineteenth century, New York City's black commu… OL2723459W
Speaking of slavery Speaking of slavery Steven Epstein "In this Work, Steven A. Epstein shows that the ways Italians employ words and think about race and labor are profoundly affected by the language used in medieval Italy to sustain a system of slavery… OL2941468W
The Waterman's Song The Waterman's Song David S. Cecelski "The first major study of slavery in the maritime South, The Waterman's Song chronicles the world of slave and free black fishermen, pilots, rivermen, sailors, ferrymen, and other laborers who, from … OL3942519W
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
A proslavery foreign policy A proslavery foreign policy Tim Matthewson xii, 159 pages ; 24 cm OL5960983W
Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery N. Rodgers,Nini Rodgers,NINI RODGERS v, 403 p. : 23 cm OL6244262W
The Stolen Village The Stolen Village Des Ekin In June 1631, Barbary and Turkish pirates stormed ashore near Baltimore, a small village on the southern tip of County Cork, Ireland. Led by notorious pirate captain Morat Rais, the brigands captured… OL928553W