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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The book of night women	Marlon James	From a young writer who radiates charisma and talent comes a sweeping, stylish historical novel of Jamaican slavery that can be compared only to Toni Morrison's Beloved.The Book of Night Women is a s…	OL13648915W
Chain of Voices	Andre Brink	On a farm near the Cape Colony in the early nineteenth century, a slave rebellion kills three and leaves eleven others condemned to death. The rebellion's leader, Galant, was raised alongside the boy…	OL15181390W
Mistress of Rome	Kate Quinn	Thea is a slave girl from Judaea. Purchased as a toy for the spiteful heiress Lepida Pollia, Thea becomes her mistress's rival for the love of Arius the Barbarian, Rome's newest and most savage gladi…	OL15408634W
The long song	Andrea Levy	This tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed.	OL15470253W
Apocalypse 2012	Gary Jennings	Scientists discover the Aztec-Mayan End-Time Codex, which foretells the end of the world in 2012, and must struggle to crack the code before it's too late.	OL15970026W
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [adaptation]	Diane Mowat	Adaptation of [Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL53908W/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn).	OL16241435W
Ruth's Journey	Donald McCaig	Set against the backdrop of the American South from the 1820s until the dawn of the Civil War, this is a remarkable story of fortitude, heartbreak, and indomitable will - and a tale that will forever…	OL17074980W
Captive of Gor	John Norman,Lexi Maynard,Norman John	In this seventh book in the Gorean Series, beautiful and headstrong Elinor Brinton of earth finds herself thrust into the savage world of Counter-Earth, also known as Gor. Elinor Brinton must relin…	OL172988W
The healing	Odell, Jonathan	Mississippi plantation mistress Amanda Satterfield loses her daughter to cholera after her husband refuses to treat her for what he considers to be a "slave disease." Insane with grief, Amanda takes …	OL17787824W
Antebellum	R. Kayeen Thomas	"When Da Nigga is sent back in time, he finds himself a slave forced to live the life of his ancestors. A rapper in current time, Da Nigga must confront the reality of the African-American experience…	OL18169355W
La isla bajo el mar	Isabel Allende	Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarité -- known as Tété -- is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage. Though her chil…	OL1905293W
A chain of voices	André Philippus Brink,Andre Brink	On a farm near the Cape Colony in the early nineteenth century, a slave rebellion kills three and leaves eleven others condemned to death. The rebellion’s leader, Galant, was raised alongside the boy…	OL1965328W
Washington Black	Esi Edugyan	George Washington Black, or "Wash," an eleven-year-old field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is terrified to be chosen by his master's brother as his manservant. To his surprise, the eccentric …	OL19669797W
The wedding gift	Marlen Suyapa Bodden	When wealthy plantation owner Cornelius Allen marries off his daughter Clarissa, he presents her with a wedding gift: a young slave woman called Sarah. It just so happens that Sarah is Allen's daught…	OL19956844W
Citizens Creek	Lalita Tademy	Buying his freedom after serving as a translator during the American Indian wars, Cow Tom builds a remarkable life and legacy that is sustained by his courageous granddaughter.	OL19987045W
Iola Leroy, or, Shadows Uplifted	Frances Ellen Watkins Harper,Michigan Historical Reprint Series,Koritha Mitchell,The Perfect Library	<p>As the Civil War bears down on a small North Carolina town, a tight-knit community of enslaved men and women is preparing for the coming battle and the possibility of freedom. Into this ensemble c…	OL2019796W
The secrets of Heavenly	Teresa I. Robison	"Before Lincoln and the American Civil War, slavery is at its peak in South Carolina. A young slave girl named Willa suddenly arrives at Heavenly Plantation with her mother Heddie, destined to serve …	OL24934784W
The Known World	Antonio Fernandez Lera,Edward P. Jones	E-Book exclusive extras: "Inside The Known World: An Interview with Edward P. Jones"; Reading Group GuideHenry Townsend, a black farmer, bootmaker, and former slave, has a fondness for Paradise Lost …	OL4112932W
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mark Twain	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or as it is known in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom…	OL53908W
Black Ships	Jo Graham	"Haunting and bittersweet, lush and vivid, this extraordinary story has lived with me since I first read it." --Naomi Novik, author of His Majesty's DragonThe world is ending. One by one the mighty c…	OL9394972W