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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
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
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
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
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
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
Plain folk and gentry in a slave society Plain folk and gentry in a slave society J. William Harris In 1861, only about one-quarter of white southern families owned slaves, yet the vast majority of nonslave-owning whites followed southern planters into a long and bloody war to defend slavery. In do… OL2743142W
Strange new land Strange new land Peter H. Wood Discusses the lives of blacks in the American colonies, from the 16th century when slaves were first brought over by the Spanish to the onset of the American Revolution. OL3752754W
The wolf by the ears The wolf by the ears John Chester Miller Examines Thomas Jefferson's attitudes toward slavery--how they affected and were affected by the political and social climate of the times and how they meshed with his general views on agrarianism, p… OL4101258W
Jefferson's pillow Jefferson's pillow Roger W. Wilkins "As a black man, Roger Wilkins feels at times unwelcome in America. Although an outspoken participant in the civil rights movement, the assistant attorney general during the Johnson administration, a… OL4458298W
From slavery to freedom From slavery to freedom Alfred A. Moss Jr.,John Hope Franklin,Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham From slavery to freedom describes the rise of slavery, the interaction of European and African cultures in the New World, and the emergence of a distinct culture and way of life among slaves and free… OL55887W
Scraping by Scraping by Seth Rockman "Enslaved mariners, white seamstresses, Irish dockhands, free black domestic servants, and native-born street sweepers. All navigated the low-end labor market in post-revolutionary Baltimore. Seth Ro… OL5965190W
Slavery by another name Slavery by another name Douglas A. Blackmon In this groundbreaking historical expose, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history--an "Age of Neoslavery" that thrived from the aftermath of the Civi… OL9334405W
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