Slavery & abolition of slavery books

This book examines the place and status of the Black soldiers of the British Army's West India Regiments from the...  Read More >>

At a time when the subject of the trans-Atlantic slave trade is seldom out of the news, this book provides a challenge...  Read More >>

Explore the modern-day impact of slavery and colonialism in this panoramic Black history for anti-racist readers...  Read More >>

Pugliese’s More-Than-Human Diasporas breaks the confines of existing scholarship in its vision of the way that more-than-human...  Read More >>

Pugliese’s More-Than-Human Diasporas breaks the confines of existing scholarship in its vision of the way that more-than-human...  Read More >>

Recent research has demonstrated that early modern slavery was much more widespread than the traditional concentration...  Read More >>

This book is the first publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past,...  Read More >>

This book is the third publication originating from the conference Legacy of Slavery and Indentured Labour: Past,...  Read More >>

The focus of most studies on Indian indenture has been almost exclusively on Hindu religion and culture, even though...  Read More >>

This unique interdisciplinary collection newly approaches the Atlantic scope of the century-long process of abolishing...  Read More >>

A sweeping narrative history of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery in the Americas. During the era of the Atlantic...  Read More >>

Taking the theme of 'abolition' as its point of departure, this book builds on the significant growth in scholarship...  Read More >>

The dramatic biography of a slaveship turned freedom-fighter—which brings new insights into Britain’s involvement...  Read More >>

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Though the United States has been heralded as a beacon of democracy, many nineteenth-century Americans viewed their...  Read More >>

The book offers a new interpretation of why the slave trades (transatlantic as well as intra-American) began and...  Read More >>

Unearths a long-hidden factor that led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Timothy Messer-Kruse suggests that...  Read More >>

An eye-opening rethinking of nineteenth-century American history that reveals the interdependence of the Northern...  Read More >>

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The words ""pride and prejudice"" became the title of Jane Austen's most famous novel, but the history of the phrase...  Read More >>

How forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta to cause one of the most notorious murders in...  Read More >>

Since 1776, America’s Founding mythology has attempted to portray the Founding generation as creating a new world...  Read More >>

In this sequel to his landmark study, historian Peter Kolchin compares the transition to freedom after American...  Read More >>