Slavery & abolition of slavery books

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Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave

Author: Solomon Northup
ISBN: 9798724390293
Format: Paperback
$22.62

First published in the United States of America by Derby and Miller, 1853 --T.p. verso.  Read More >>

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano...

Author: Olaudah Equiano
ISBN: 9781774762561
Format: Hardback
$64.56

The narrative describes Olaudah Equiano's time spent in enslavement, and documents his attempts at becoming an independent...  Read More >>

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (Royal Collector's...

Author: James Weldon Johnson
ISBN: 9781774762530
Format: Hardback
$64.56

"A young biracial man witnesses a lynching, that convinces him to pass as white to secure his safety and advancement,...  Read More >>

A Slave Ship Called Jesus

A Slave Ship Called Jesus

Author: Dele Ogun
ISBN: 9780956768292
Format: Paperback
$38.81

An original study of the state of religion in slaving nations, the real reasons for Abolition and the modern legacy...  Read More >>

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (New Edition)

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (New Edition)...

Author: Frederick Douglass
ISBN: 9781736137031
Format: Paperback
$28.46

A new edition of the classic autobiography of Frederick Douglass.  Read More >>

Colonialism and Slavery: An Alternative History of the Port City of Rotterdam

Colonialism and Slavery: An Alternative History of the...

Author: Gert Oostindie
ISBN: 9789087283704
Format: Paperback
$116.44

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A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War

A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery...

Author: William G. Thomas
ISBN: 9780300234121
Format: Hardback
$56.95

"Winner of the Mark Lynton Prize in History—the story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery...  Read More >>

Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave

Author: Solomon Northup
ISBN: 9781609425678
Format: Paperback
$17.85

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Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave

Author: Solomon Northup
ISBN: 9781609425661
Format: Hardback
$30.79

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Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa: Medical Encounters, 1500–1850

Healing Knowledge in Atlantic Africa: Medical Encounters,...

Author: Kalle Kananoja (University of Oulu, Finland)
ISBN: 9781108491259
Format: Hardback
$206.97

In this ambitious analysis of medical encounters in West Africa during the Atlantic slave trade, Kananoja considers...  Read More >>

Edward Long's Libel of Africa: The Foundation of British Racism

Edward Long's Libel of Africa: The Foundation of British...

Author: Folarin Shyllon
ISBN: 9781527562264
Format: Hardback
$152.64

This book examines the catalyst role of Edward Long in the development of doctrines of British and European racial...  Read More >>

Slaves from the North: Finns and Karelians in the East European Slave Trade, 900-1600

Slaves from the North: Finns and Karelians in the East...

Author: Jukka Jari Korpela
ISBN: 9789004447196
Format: Paperback
$142.56

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Commercial Transitions and Abolition in West Africa 1630–1860

Commercial Transitions and Abolition in West Africa...

Author: Angus E. Dalrymple-Smith
ISBN: 9789004460898
Format: Paperback
$155.76

Commercial Transitions and Abolition in West Africa 1630–1860 by Angus Dalrymple-Smith offers a new interpretation...  Read More >>

Possessed by the Right Hand: The Problem of Slavery in Islamic Law and Muslim Cultures

Possessed by the Right Hand: The Problem of Slavery...

Author: Bernard K. Freamon
ISBN: 9789004447240
Format: Paperback
$221.76

In Possessed by the Right Hand, Bernard K. Freamon offers a comprehensive legal history of slavery and slave-trading...  Read More >>

The Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker

The Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy...

Author: Janet Halfmann ,  Trisha Mason
ISBN: 9781951565589
Format: Paperback
$27.82

One year after escaping slavery, Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker used a clothesline code to steal Confederate military...  Read More >>

Old Massa's People: The Old Slaves Tell Their Story

Old Massa's People: The Old Slaves Tell Their Story...

Author: Orland Kay Armstrong
ISBN: 9781637523810
Format: Hardback
$235.44

"O. K. Armstrong, founder of the University of Florida School of Journalism and former U. S. Congressman from Missouri...  Read More >>

The St. Louis African American Community and the Exodusters

The St. Louis African American Community and the Exodusters...

Author: Bryan M. Jack
ISBN: 9780826222374
Format: Paperback
$66.00

In the aftermath of the Civil War, thousands of former slaves made their way from the South to the Kansas plains....  Read More >>

The Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker

The Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy...

Author: Janet Halfmann ,  Trisha Mason
ISBN: 9781951565572
Format: Hardback
$45.93

One year after escaping slavery, Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker used a clothesline code to steal Confederate military...  Read More >>

Britain’s History and Memory of Transatlantic Slavery: Local Nuances of a ‘National Sin’

Britain’s History and Memory of Transatlantic Slavery:...

Author: Katie Donington ,  Ryan Hanley
ISBN: 9781800348677
Format: Paperback
$145.07

This collection brings together local case studies of Britain’s history and memory of transatlantic slavery and...  Read More >>

Distant freedom: St Helena and the abolition of the slave trade, 1840-1872

Distant freedom: St Helena and the abolition of the...

Author: Andrew Pearson
ISBN: 9781800349155
Format: Paperback
$139.26

This book is a study of the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena and its role in the abolition of the slave...  Read More >>

Trouble of the World: Slavery and Empire in the Age of Capital

Trouble of the World: Slavery and Empire in the Age...

Author: Zach Sell
ISBN: 9781469661346
Format: Paperback
$60.50

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Royal Collector's...

Author: Harriet Jacobs
ISBN: 9781774761687
Format: Hardback
$64.56

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl documents Jacobs' life as a slave and how she gained freedom for her family....  Read More >>

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