Slavery and abolition of slavery Books

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Why do the people of the French Caribbean still continue to be haunted by the memory of their slave past more than one hundred and fifty years after the abolition of slavery? What process led to the divorce of their collective memory of slavery and...

Relying on extensive surviving original records, this book analyzes the November 1851 trial in the federal circuit court of Robert Morris, the second black admitted to practice in Massachusetts, for rescuing a fugitive slave from the custody of the U.S...

The Young Abolitionists: Or Conversations On Slavery is a book written by Jane Elizabeth Jones in 1848. The book is a collection of conversations between a group of young people who are passionate about the abolition of slavery. Through their...

A timeless classic that sheds light on the atrocities of slavery, past, and present. Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe uses a powerful narrative to explore the human cost of slavery and its impact on generations.This work has been selected by scholars as...

In this powerful speech, Ferguson explores the complex history of slavery and the impact it has had on American society. Drawing on historical evidence and contemporary research, he makes a compelling case for the enduring legacy of slavery in our...

This controversial work defends the institution of slavery on biblical and moral grounds, arguing that it is both a natural and necessary part of human society. It also addresses the social and political implications of this view, and advocates for the...

In the 250 years before the Civil War, the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia and North Carolina was a brutal landscape--2,000 square miles of undeveloped and unforgiving wetlands, peat bogs, impenetrable foliage, and dangerous creatures. It was also a...

Recently discovered as a hand-written document in the Buckingham Smith Collection at the New York Historical Society, this remarkable first-person narrative traces the life of Sitiki, whose name was changed to Jack Smith after his enslavement in America...

Academic research and publication on indigenous slavery in Ghana and in Africa more widely have not received attention commensurate with the importance of the phenomenon: the history of indigenous slavery, which existed long before the trans-Atlantic...

Dominion during a 160 year period. Before Twice Condemned was first published in 1988, historians often focused primarily on isolated or dramatic examples of the sometimes deadly conflict present in societies based on slave labor. But Twice Condemned...

Slaafgemaakt: Rethinking Enslavement in the Dutch Caribbean is a fresh and unique examination of the lives of enslaved people on the islands of Curaçao, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten. Using a ground-breaking combination of original data from human...

Title: The history of the rise, progress, and accomplishment of the abolition of the African slave-trade by the British Parliament.<br /><br />Author: Thomas Clarkson<br /><br />Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana <br /><br...

What, exactly, is capitalism? When did it come about? And how does it differ from other economic systems? Despite centuries of discussion surrounding capitalism, its merits and its shortcomings, defining the term 'capitalism' itself has been an elusive...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The writings of Abraham Kipling (1809 - 1865) show him to be a man of many sides, but above all they show him to be an outstanding statesman who should be seen as a man with astounding relevance for today and not as a flawless hero of the past. From the...

First published in 1834, this volume contains a collection of memoirs and poems by Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753–1784). Wheatley was an American freed slave and poet who wrote the first book of poetry by an African-American. Sold into slavery in West Africa...

“The American Slave-Trade” is a 1900 work by John R. Spears that examines in great detail the origin, growth, and ending of the slave trade from its very beginning in 1619 to the hanging of the last slaver in 1862. Contents include: “The Trade in the...

First published in 1899, "Lyrics of the Hearthside" is a collection of poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906). Dunbar was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet during the turn of the 20th century. Born to ex-slave parents, Dunbar began...

First published in 1845, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave” is an 1845 autobiographical treatise on abolition by Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), an American escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author, and public...

Title: Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton : for four years and four months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington Jail : including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the schooner Pearl.<br /><br />Author: Daniel Drayton<br...

Title: The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.<br /><br />Author: Olaudah Equiano<br /><br />Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana <br /><br />Description:...

Title: The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African.<br /><br />Author: Olaudah Equiano<br /><br />Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana <br /><br />Description:...

Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the...

Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the...

Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the...

Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 – 26 September 1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the...

The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of these acts of rebellion have been studied extensively, yet the ultimate goals of the...

The WPA Arkansas Slave Narratives Collection. Part VII: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves.The WPA Arkansas Slave Narratives Collection. Part VII contains over 80 slave interviews and narratives. In addition...

Virtually no part of the modern United States—the economy, education, constitutional law, religious institutions, sports, literature, economics, even protest movements—can be understood without first understanding the slavery and...

This volume brings together a cast of leading experts to carefully explore how the history and iconography of slavery has been invoked to support a series of government interventions, activist projects, legal instruments, and rhetorical performances...

Title: A south-side view of slavery, or, Three months at the South in 1854.<br /><br />Author: Nehemiah Adams<br /><br />Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana <br /><br />Description: <br /><br />Based on Joseph...

Join the debate over the use of West India produce in this thought-provoking book by Richard Hillier. In response to a female apologist for slavery, Hillier argues passionately in favor of the boycott of West India produce and provides a scathing...

In this powerful collection of essays, the renowned author of Uncle Tom's Cabin shares her thoughts on a range of topics, from slavery and feminism to education and religion. Written in Stowe's signature style, Uncle Sam's Emancipation is a...

This work offers a unique perspective on the issue of slavery, arguing that neither ancient nor scriptural servitude was the same as the chattel slavery that was practiced in the US at the time of its writing. The book offers a thought-provoking analysis...

The Quarterly Anti-Slavery Magazine was the official publication of the American Antislavery Society from 1836 to 1840. This publication is a valuable resource for anyone studying the abolitionist movement and the fight against slavery in America. It...

In diesem Buch erforscht Henriette Arendt, eine Nonne und Sozialarbeiterin, die Erfahrungen junger weißer Sklaven in den USA nach dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg. Sie zeigt auf, wie diese Kinder und Jugendlichen zu Sklaverei und Prostitution gezwungen...

Published in the early nineteenth century, Foreign Slave Trade is a landmark publication in the history of the fight against slavery. Drawing on firsthand accounts from the African coast, the book provides a powerful and damning indictment of the slave...

As the major gateway into British North America for travelers on the Underground Railroad, the U.S./Canadian border along the Detroit River was a boundary that determined whether thousands of enslaved people of African descent could reach a place of...

One of the Coast Guard's great heroes and the secret he kept hidden"This is a book of adventure that tells how one man shaped the Alaskan frontier at a crucial time in American history."--Vincent William Patton, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast...

"Deftly uses the available parish registers to document the stages of the coming of African men and women to Puerto Rico in the eighteenth century and reveals patterns of family formation and bonds of solidarity among the African slaves and with the rest...