Slavery and abolition of slavery Books

In 1619 and thereafter, thousands were kidnapped from the Kongo. One area bordering Kongo was a cartographic region known as "The Land of the Jews." Were people living there sold into slavery? And who were the enslaved taken from West Africa? On this...

At Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, a Union force composed predominantly of former slaves met their Confederate adversaries in one of the bloodiest small engagements of the war. This important fight received some attention in the North and South but soon...

Essai sur l'administration de St. Domingue, published in 1785, offers a detailed examination of the governance of the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Authored by Abbé Raynal, a prominent figure of the Enlightenment, this essay delves into the...

Slavery, recognized and regulated by Islamic law, was an integral part of Muslim societies in the Middle East well into modern times. Recruited from the “Abode of War” by means of trade or warfare, slaves began their lives in the Islamic world as...

Not all African-Americans in the 1790 were slaves. There were also "free blacks." This book examines the lives of the free blacks during a time when slavery was allowed in the country. What were the rules that they had to follow? How did the white...

Slavery in the United States was abolished in 1865 through the passing of the 13th Amendment. This book will describe how the anti-slavery movement gained its momentum. Who were the people who contributed significantly to end it? You will read about the...

Since thousands of years, slavery in every form has been the root cause of misery and crime in every society it has crept in. Shackles and fetters are not the only means of enslavement of humankind-by-humankind. Enslavers employ many other means to...

This book reflects on the complexity and difficulty of museums' experiences in presenting and interpreting the histories of slavery and abolition. It draws together contributions from academics, museum professionals, community activists and artists who...

The Negro Migrant In Pittsburgh is a non-fiction book written by Abraham Epstein in 1918. The book focuses on the experiences of African American migrants who moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in search of better economic opportunities during the early...

""Societies of the Kiowa"" is a book written by Robert Harry Lowie in 1916. The book provides a detailed account of the social organization and customs of the Kiowa people, a Native American tribe that lived in the Great Plains region of the United...

Throughout history, blame for the introduction of slavery in America has been squarely placed upon the slave traders who ravaged African villages, the merchants who auctioned off human lives as if they were cattle, and the slave owners who ruthlessly...

Keith M. Finley's From Slavery to Segregation explores the key features shaping southern politics during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as explained in the South's defense of its racial systems. It treats slavery and segregation as part of the...

Slavery's Fugitives and the Making of the United States Constitution unearths a long-hidden factor that led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. While historians have generally acknowledged that patriot leaders assembled in response to postwar...

The Price of Slavery analyzes Marx's critique of capitalist slavery and its implications for the Caribbean thought of Toussaint Louverture, Henry Christophe, C. L. R. James, Aimé Césaire, Jacques Stephen Alexis, and Suzanne Césaire. Nick Nesbitt assesses...

"Is there really anything new to say about Reconstruction? The excellent contributions to this volume make it clear that the answer is a resounding yes. Collectively these essays allow us to rethink the meanings of state and citizenship in the...

Severine Brock's first language was Ga, yet it was not surprising when, in 1842, she married Edward Carstensen. He was the last governor of Christiansborg, the fort that, in the eighteenth century, had been the center of Danish slave trading in West...

In early 1840, abolitionists founded the Liberty Party as a political outlet for their antislavery beliefs. A mere eight years later, bolstered by the increasing slavery debate and growing sectional conflict, the party had grown to challenge the two...

A fascinating illustrated look at various forms of Japanese popular culture: pop song, jazz, enka (a popular ballad genre of music), karaoke, comics, animated cartoons, video games, television dramas, films and "idols" -- teenage singers and actors. As...

Readers will not find a Marxist interpretation of the American Civil War laid out in this volume. Rather, they will observe Marx and Engels working to define their own approach to history and politics while analyzing the American Civil War as it...

Greetings from God to the human family. This very didactic, enlightening, philosophically sound, morally prudent and existentially critical text was born out of uniquely profound suffering, yet a divinely dynamic inspiration of wisdom, knowledge,...

On the evening of August 21, 1831, Nat Turner and six men launched their infamous rebellion against slaveholders. The rebels swept through Southampton County, Virginia, recruiting slaves to their ranks and killing nearly five dozen whites-more than had...

The confederate army of the American civil war was not all white!"Heroes by force" is a 225-page illustrations search directory of black confederate books listing 5,000 by slave names and state divisions, or militia and volunteers. This book is compiled...

Survived physical abuse.Witnessed community violence.Conquered the streets.Saved by education.This is Dr. Maysa Akbar’s story. A story of overcoming Urban Trauma.It’s easy to look down at urban communities and wonder why economic and social...

Slavery was abolished in the British empire in 1835.The demand for sugar was exploding with people consuming increasing amounts of sugar in chocolates, tea and sweets.To fuel the growing first-world sugar industry of the late 1800s, 1.3 million Indians...

American Dangers and Duties, is many of the old books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce and very expensive antique. So that this work is never forgotten we republish these books in high...

Freedom by a Thread: The History of Quilombos in Brazil brings together some of the best scholars in the world working on the history of quilombos (maroon societies) in Brazil from a variety of perspectives and approaches. Over 40 percent of the total...

Francisco Calcagno was one of the most prolific authors of Cuban XIX century, and yet one of the less studied by critics and scholars. His novels focused on blacks are nonetheless essential to understand how the creole elites view blacks and the fears...

In Embracing Your Past to Empower Your Future, descendants of four prominent Black families whose ancestors were enslaved, tell readers what life was like for those ancestors, and how their experiences shaped and influenced future generations. The...

On her thirteenth birthday, Mariama leans against her favourite baobab tree and daydreams, thrilled that the time has finally come for her Sande ceremony when she will officially pass into womanhood. But then, rough hands tear her from her daydreams and...

Originally published: New York: Arbor Press, 1918. v (new introduction), vi, 207, [1] pp. With a new introduction by Paul Finkelman, President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy, Albany Law School. The published version of...

By a twist of fate, a runaway slave girl and a wounded Confederate officer are thrown together and must rely on each other to survive. Can the seed of love grow in the garden of hate?This is the latest in Michael Edwin Q's African American novel...

Near the end of the civil war, Moses Brown, an elderly black man is the true owner of the Bush Plantation – through inheritance. For appearances, his white son-in-law, Josh, plays the part of Master of the plantation when strangers are about...

Read & Co. History presents this brand new edition of "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African", an autobiography published in 1798. Equiano (c. 1745-1797) was an African writer and abolitionist, who was...

The Slaves' Champion is a biographical book written by Henry M. Wheeler in 1861 that provides a detailed account of the life, deeds, and historical significance of William Wilberforce. Wilberforce was a prominent British politician and social reformer...

"Chains Through Centuries: From Ancient Slavery to Modern Workplaces" delves into the evolution of human subjugation, tracing the transformation from brutal ancient slavery to the subtler forms of control in today's corporate world. This comprehensive...

Classic analysis of the law of slavery that received the Joseph A. Andrews Award from the American Association of Law Libraries in 1986. Offers a detailed discussion and analysis of the pamphlet materials on the law of slavery published in the United...

A thorough reckoning of the evolving ideas and legacy of a founding force in American evangelismEvangelicals and scholars of religious history have long recognized George Whitefield (1714-1770) as a founding father of American evangelicalism. But Jessica...

Southern cotton planters and Northern textile mill owners maintained what has been called "an unholy alliance between the lords of the lash and the lords of the loom." This collection of essays focuses on the central role of slavery in the early...

When wealthy Mississippi cotton planter Isaac Ross died in 1836, his will decreed that his plantation, Prospect Hill, should be liquidated and the proceeds from the sale be used to pay for his slaves' passage to the newly established colony of Liberia in...

The book ""New York Institution For The Instruction Of The Deaf And Dumb: One Hundredth Anniversary Of The Granting Of Its Charter (1918)"" by Isaac B. Gardner is a historical account of the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb...

Using diverse and new sources (archaeological, biomedical, climatological, linguistic, ethno-musical, oral and documentary sources in various languages), this groundbreaking study tells the story of a West African people, the origins and character of...

Sojourner Truth (born Isabella "Belle" Baumfree; c. 1797 - 1883) was an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. She became the first black woman to win such a case against a white man. In 2014, Truth was included in Smithsonian magazine's list...

This fascinating collection spans two millennia, beginning with a first-century merchant’s guide to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean ports. Primary sources describe ancient and medieval trade routes, China’s discovery of Africa, the slave trade, kingdoms and...

For every gallon of ink that has been spilt on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its consequences, only one very small drop has been spent on the study of the forced migration of black Africans into the Mediterranean world of Islam. From the ninth to...

The lives of Victor Chambers—who was born on the battlefield at Gettysburg to a runaway slave and later became an artist in Providence—and his mother are chronicled in this book based on letters that Victor Chambers wrote to Rinaldi’s great-grandfather,...