Slavery & abolition of slavery books

A bold and lyrical new historical drama about lives that have been erased from history.  Read More >>

The critics of Charles George Gordon accused him of vacillation and of instability of character. His supporters...  Read More >>

In The Atlantic World of Anthony Benezet (1713-1784): From French Reformation to North American Quaker Antislavery...  Read More >>

The island nation of Iceland is known for many things—majestic landscapes, volcanic eruptions, distinctive seafood—but...  Read More >>

Elie Poulard's memoir tells of his experience as a young Frenchman deported to work sites in Nazi Germany under...  Read More >>

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A prominent activist’s guide to settlement in Canada “for the information of colored immigrants.”  Read More >>

This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Denmark’s solitary experiment with Indian indentured labor on St....  Read More >>

Slavery's Capitalism explores the role of slavery in the development of the U.S. economy during the first decades...  Read More >>

Mary Prince was a freed slave from Bermuda who achieved notoriety when she published her autobiography at a time...  Read More >>

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This revision of the acclaimed and widely-assigned Norton Critical Edition of Frederick Douglass' autobiography...  Read More >>

Behind The Scenes A Slave of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln By Elizabeth...  Read More >>

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LOOM tells the story in verse, of how at one time the centers of wealth and power acted against their own material...  Read More >>

The proud Republic of Liberia was founded in the 19th century with the triumphant return of the freed slaves from...  Read More >>

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Following the stories of families who built their lives and fortunes across the Atlantic Ocean, Intimate Bonds shows...  Read More >>

Evangelicals and scholars of religious history have long recognized George Whitefield (1714-1770) as a founding...  Read More >>

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Southern cotton planters and Northern textile mill owners maintained what has been called ""an unholy alliance between...  Read More >>

This is the classic book Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, initially published in 1845. Narrative of...  Read More >>

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This interdisciplinary study sheds light on the communal creative process of music and discusses the process of...  Read More >>