Slavery & abolition of slavery books

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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, 1838-1839

Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, 1838-1839...

Author: Frances Anne Kemble ,  Alison Larkin
ISBN: 9781982526429
Format: Audio
$79.07

A personal indictment of the institute of slavery in the Southern United States, as witnessed directly by Fanny...  Read More >>

Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle of the Confederacy

Denmark Vesey's Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Cradle...

Author: Ethan J. Kytle ,  Blain Roberts
ISBN: 9781620975466
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Originally published in hardcover in 2018 by The New Press.  Read More >>

The Holocaust and New World Slavery 2 Volume Hardback Set: A Comparative History

The Holocaust and New World Slavery 2 Volume Hardback...

Author: Steven T. Katz (Boston University)
ISBN: 9781108415088
Format: Hardback
$543.38

The Holocaust is regularly compared to other historical events in order to make comparisons that deny its uniqueness....  Read More >>

Why Didn't You Tell Me?: A message for pastors and prophets

Why Didn't You Tell Me?: A message for pastors and prophets...

Author: Gayah
ISBN: 9780999857885
Format: Paperback
$39.95

There has always been a wicked saying among so-called whites ever since slavery: If you want to hide important...  Read More >>

The Appreciation and Authentication of Civil War Timepieces

The Appreciation and Authentication of Civil War Timepieces...

Author: Clint Geller
ISBN: 9781944018085
Format: Hardback
$118.77

Clint B. Geller examines the intersection of the American Civil War and American watch-making, including: physical...  Read More >>

Twelve Years a Slave: Large Print

Twelve Years a Slave: Large Print

Author: Solomon Northup
ISBN: 9781072767718
Format: Paperback
$26.37

The story of Solomon Northup is a bizarre and incredible one. Born a free black in New York State in 1808, he was...  Read More >>

Women in the World of Frederick Douglass

Women in the World of Frederick Douglass

Author: Leigh Fought
ISBN: 9780190053833
Format: Paperback
$74.95

A biographical study of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass through his relationships with the women in his life...  Read More >>

Master Of My Fate

Master Of My Fate

Author: Sienna Brown
ISBN: 9780143787532
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Winner of the MUD Literary Prize for the best debut literary novel by an Australian writer. A novel about one man's...  Read More >>

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Author: Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 9781640321434
Format: Hardback
$41.63

Uncensored, original 1845 text of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The passionate man labeled as the...  Read More >>

Some Slaves of Fauquier County, Virginia, Volume III

Some Slaves of Fauquier County, Virginia, Volume III...

Author: Sandra Barlau
ISBN: 9780788455834
Format: Paperback
$42.69

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My Battles with Vice

My Battles with Vice

Author: Virginia Brooks
ISBN: 9781528712507
Format: Paperback
$33.61

An insightful, biographic account of Virginia Brooks' effort to support the women working in prostitution and her...  Read More >>

Twelve Years a Slave: Large Print

Twelve Years a Slave: Large Print

Author: Solomon Northup
ISBN: 9781071175903
Format: Paperback
$42.21

The story of Solomon Northup is a bizarre and incredible one. Born a free black in New York State in 1808, he was...  Read More >>

The Land Shall Be Deluged in Blood: A New History of the Nat Turner Revolt

The Land Shall Be Deluged in Blood: A New History of...

Author: Patrick H. Breen (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, Providence College)
ISBN: 9780190055615
Format: Paperback
$51.95

An original reinterpretation of the Nat Turner revolt, The Land Shall Be Deluged in Blood retells the story of how...  Read More >>

Worldview Guide for the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Worldview Guide for the Narrative of the Life of Frederick...

Author: Jake Meador
ISBN: 9781947644311
Format: Paperback
$15.16

"""In a day when most anything can be rendered disposable, Americans are not accustomed to keeping things that remind...  Read More >>

Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the Birth of Modern Visual Politics in America

Exposing Slavery: Photography, Human Bondage, and the...

Author: Matthew Fox-Amato (Assistant Professor of History, Assistant Professor of History, University of Idaho)
ISBN: 9780190663933
Format: Hardback
$103.95

Drawing upon unpublished and little-studied photographs of slaves, ex-slaves, and abolitionists, Fox-Amato argues...  Read More >>

Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men

Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men...

Author: Thomas A. Foster
ISBN: 9780820355221
Format: Paperback
$65.87

The first book-length study of sexual violence against enslaved men. A careful reading of extant sources reveals...  Read More >>

Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men

Rethinking Rufus: Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men...

Author: Thomas A. Foster
ISBN: 9780820355214
Format: Hardback
$290.27

The first book-length study of sexual violence against enslaved men. A careful reading of extant sources reveals...  Read More >>

American Abolitionism: Its Direct Political Impact from Colonial Times Into Reconstruction

American Abolitionism: Its Direct Political Impact from...

Author: Stanley Harrold
ISBN: 9780813942292
Format: Hardback
$92.40

Provides a systematic examination of the American abolition movement's direct impacts on antislavery politics from...  Read More >>

Went to the Devil: A Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade

Went to the Devil: A Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade...

Author: Anthony J. Connors
ISBN: 9781625344045
Format: Hardback
$181.50

Edward Davoll was a respected New Bedford whaling captain in an industry at its peak in the 1850s. But mid-career,...  Read More >>

An East Texas Family's Civil War: The Letters of Nancy and William Whatley, May-December 1862

An East Texas Family's Civil War: The Letters of Nancy...

Author: John T. Whatley ,  Jacqueline Jones
ISBN: 9780807170694
Format: Hardback
$81.40

During six months in 1862, William Jefferson Whatley and his wife, Nancy Falkaday Watkins Whatley, exchanged a series...  Read More >>

Twelve Years a Slave: Large Print

Twelve Years a Slave: Large Print

Author: Solomon Northup
ISBN: 9781070477633
Format: Paperback
$26.37

The story of Solomon Northup is a bizarre and incredible one. Born a free black in New York State in 1808, he was...  Read More >>

Abolition A Sedition: By A Northern Man.

Abolition A Sedition: By A Northern Man.

Author: Geo W Donohue (Calvin Colton)
ISBN: 9789388396615
Format: Undefined
$15.53

This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original...  Read More >>

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