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Slavery and the annexation of Texas Slavery and the annexation of Texas Frederick Merk In this book, the eminent Harvard historian Frederick Merk focuses on the intricate maneuverings of President Tyler and his colleagues to reverse the policies of three previous Administrations and, w… OL12416765W
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
Deliver us from evil Deliver us from evil Lacy K. Ford Illuminates the white South's efforts to justify slavery, focusing on the period from the drafting of the federal constitution in 1787 through the age of Jackson. Draws heavily on primary sources, in… OL15811994W
Slavery Slavery Thomas Streissguth Seventeen primary documents reflect various aspects of slavery, especially concerning the slave trade, foreign perspectives on America's peculiar institution, the slave's experience, slave resistance… OL15839917W
The failure of popular sovereignty The failure of popular sovereignty Christopher Childers xii, 334 p. : 24 cm OL16681624W
Slavery and public history Slavery and public history Lois E. Horton,James Oliver Horton America's slave past is being analyzed as never before, yet it remains one of the most contentious issues in U.S. memory. In recent years, the culture wars over the way that slavery is remembered and… OL17076217W
Enslaved Women in America From Colonial Times to Emancipation Enslaved Women in America From Colonial Times to Emancipation Emily West More than a century after Emancipation, no comprehensive overview of the history of the female American slave exists. In this book, historian Emily West offers the first comprehensive overview of the… OL17076441W
America Empire Of Liberty A New History America Empire Of Liberty A New History David Reynolds xxv, 674 p., [13] p. of plates : 20 cm OL17487433W
American Negro slavery American Negro slavery Allen Weinstein Distinguished historians examine the genesis, development, and impact of slavery in America and explore related areas of study. OL1848349W
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
Colonial Southern slavery Colonial Southern slavery Paul Finkelman xvii, 477 p. : 24 cm OL19017269W
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
Shaping the New World Shaping the New World Eric Guest Nellis Between 1500 and the middle of the nineteenth century, some 12.5 million slaves were sent as bonded labour from Africa to the European settlements in the Americas. Shaping the New World introduces st… OL19665712W
Reparations for slavery and the slave trade Reparations for slavery and the slave trade Ana Lucia Araujo "Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former slave society in the Americas has paid reparations to … OL19726105W
Twelve years a slave Twelve years a slave Solomon Northup Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped, sold into slavery and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana before the Americ… OL19974251W
American slavery American slavery Heather Andrea Williams "This short introduction to American slavery begins with the Portuguese capture of Africans in the 1400s and, drawing upon the scholarship of numerous historians as well as the analysis of primary do… OL19989692W
A nation without borders A nation without borders Steven Hahn "A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's provocative reinterpretation of the eight decades surrounding the Civil War (and leading into the twentieth century); the next volume in the Penguin History of t… OL20040609W
Twelve Years a Slave Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup The true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York.who was kidnapped by slave hunters and sold into slavery where he endured degradation and abuse until his rescue twelve years la… OL20248285W
A dealer of old clothes A dealer of old clothes Darryl Scriven,Daphne (FWD) Rolle Darryl Scriven presents, in this work, the first rigorous philosophical investigation of a myriad of issues found in David Walker's only book The Appeal. Scriven introduces Walker as a sage able to o… OL26178285W
Disunion! Disunion! Elizabeth R. Varon In the decades before the Civil War, Americans debating the fate of slavery often invoked the specter of disunion to frighten or discredit their opponents. According to Elizabeth Varon, "disunion" wa… OL2679699W
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