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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Harriet Beecher Stowe |
This unforgettable novel tells the story of Tom, a devoutly Christian slave who chooses not to escape bondage for fear of embarrassing his master. However, he is soon sold to a slave trader and sent … |
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Twelve Years a Slave
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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… |
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A complicated legacy
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Robert H. Stucky |
If movies and books like Belle, Twelve Years a Slave, The Butler, The Help, A Time to Kill, and Amistad have moved you, you'll love A Complicated Legacy, a novel by Baltimore writer Robert H. Stucky … |
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Life on the old plantation in ante-bellum days
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I. E. Lowery |
Account by a former slave of life on the plantation, describing the work, religious, funerary, courting, and recreation practices of the slaves, as well as the social relations between slaves and sla… |
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The Known World
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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 … |
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Life on a plantation
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Bobbie Kalman |
Describes the plantations that existed in the southern United States into the nineteenth century, examining what life was like for the owners of these large farming communities, their children, and t… |
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