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20th Century African American History for Kids: The Major Events That Shaped the Past and Present

by Margeaux Weston

20th Century African American History for Kids: The Major Events That Shaped the Past and Present Margeaux Weston 9781648764417 Nonfiction Callisto Kids Callisto Publishing Show kids ages 8 to 12 how ...

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House of Slaves & “Door of No Return”: Gold Coast

by Edmund Abaka

House of Slaves & “Door of No Return”: Gold Coast Edmund Abaka 9781592218264 Nonfiction Africa Research and Publications Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press Though the pyramids of Egypt, the obelis...

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The Willie Lynch Letter And The Making of A Slave

by Kofi Ghanaba and Oyafunmike Ogunlano

The Willie Lynch Letter And The Making of A Slave Kofi Ghanaba and Oyafunmike Ogunlano 9781930097223 Fiction Lushena Books Lushena Books AALBC.com Note: Despite the popularity of this title on our web...

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The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism Within Us Slave Culture

by Vincent Woodard

The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism Within Us Slave Culture Vincent Woodard 9780814794623 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press Winner of the 2015 LGBT S...

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Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market

by Walter Johnson

Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market Walter Johnson 9780674005396 Nonfiction Harvard University Press Harvard University Press Soul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum Am...

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The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry

by Clarence Major

The Garden Thrives: Twentieth-Century African-American Poetry Clarence Major 9780060951214 Poetry Harper Perennial HarperCollins The Garden Thrives: 20th Century African-American Poetry, edited by Cla...

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They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers 9780300251838 Nonfiction Yale University Press Yale University Press Winner of the Los Angeles Times...

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Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida

by Larry Eugene Rivers

Rebels and Runaways: Slave Resistance in Nineteenth-Century Florida Larry Eugene Rivers 9780252036910 Nonfiction University of Illinois Press University of Illinois Press This gripping study examines ...

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Black Wall Street: The Wealthy African American Community of the Early 20th Century

by History Titans

Black Wall Street: The Wealthy African American Community of the Early 20th Century History Titans 9780645905908 Nonfiction Creek Ridge Publishing Creek Ridge Publishing While the Tulsa Race Massacre ...

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An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones

by Wendy Jones

An Extraordinary Life: Josephine E. Jones Wendy Jones 9781946348029 Nonfiction Ida Bell Publishing Ida Bell Publishing This is the biography of my mother, a South Carolina sharecropper’s daughter, b...

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The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Overcoming the 500-Year Legacy

by Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and Stacy M. Brown

The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Overcoming the 500-Year Legacy Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and Stacy M. Brown 9781590795699 Nonfiction Select Books Select Books The Transatlantic Slave Trade: Overcoming the...

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Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

by Rebecca Hall

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts Rebecca Hall 9781982115197 Fiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post Part graphic novel, pa...

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The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America

by Joshua D. Rothman

The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America Joshua D. Rothman 9781541616615 Nonfiction Basic Books Perseus Books An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing forgotten stor...

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In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South (New Narratives in American History)

by John Hope Franklin

In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South (New Narratives in American History) John Hope Franklin 9780195160871 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press The mat...

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

by Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs 9780486419312 Fiction Dover Publications Dover Publications An Important Contribution to the Birth of African American Literature The true sto...

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Children Of Fire: A History Of African Americans

by Thomas C. Holt

Children Of Fire: A History Of African Americans Thomas C. Holt 9780809067138 Nonfiction Hill and Wang Macmillan Publishers Ordinary people don’t experience history as it is taught by historians. They...

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REAL EYEZ: Race, Reality and Politics In 21st Century Popular Culture

by Anthony Asadullah Samad

REAL EYEZ: Race, Reality and Politics In 21st Century Popular Culture Anthony Asadullah Samad 9780972388047 Nonfiction Kabili Press Kabili Press In his latest work, bestselling Author/Columnist/Race S...

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Slavery and Class in the American South: A Generation of Slave Narrative Testimony, 1840-1865

by William L. Andrews

Slavery and Class in the American South: A Generation of Slave Narrative Testimony, 1840-1865 William L. Andrews 9780197547311 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press “The distincti...

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A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said

by Omar Ibn Said

A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said Omar Ibn Said 9780299249540 Nonfiction University of Wisconsin Press University of Wisconsin Press Born to a wealthy family in West Africa around 177...

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Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America

by Sylviane A. Diouf

Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America Sylviane A. Diouf 9780195311044 Nonfiction Oxford University Press Oxford University Press In...

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African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and the Shame

by Anne C. Bailey

African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and the Shame Anne C. Bailey 9780807055137 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press It’s an awful story. It’s an awful story. Why do you want...

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The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade

by Hannah Durkin

The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade Hannah Durkin 9780063072992 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot’s The ...

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Jitney (1970s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Jitney (1970s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781468314496 Fiction The Overlook Press The Overlook Press Rereleased in time for its first Broadway run, Jitney is the seventh in Wilson’s 10-play cycle ...

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The Herndons: An Atlanta Family

by Carole Merritt

The Herndons: An Atlanta Family Carole Merritt 9780820323091 Fiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press Born a slave and reared a sharecropper, Alonzo Herndon (1858-1927) was dest...

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Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

by Ilyon Woo

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom Ilyon Woo 9781501191053 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who ...

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The Devil’s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail

by Kristen Green

The Devil’s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail Kristen Green 9781541675636 Nonfiction Seal Press Seal Press The inspiring true story of an ens...

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Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington’s Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition Erica Armstrong Dunbar 9781534416178 Nonfiction Aladdin Simon & Schus...

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A Cleansing Flame

by Charles A. Davis

A Cleansing Flame Charles A. Davis 9780910671040 Fiction Path Press Path Press “This is an historical novel set in the Civil War. The relationship between the slave master and the slave was very close...

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The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion That Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War

by Arthur T. Downey

The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion That Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War Arthur T. Downey 9781442236615 Nonfiction Rowman & Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield The Creole Affair is ...

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Twelve Years a Slave

by Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup 9781476767345 Nonfiction Atria / 37 Ink Simon & Schuster, Inc. An Important Contribution to the Birth of African American Literature The story that inspired the...

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The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave – Breeding Industry

by Ned Sublette and Constance Sublette

The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave – Breeding Industry Ned Sublette and Constance Sublette 9781613738931 Nonfiction Chicago Review Press Chicago Review Press “Planters said that slavery ...

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Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route

by Saidiya Hartman

Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route Saidiya Hartman 9780374531157 Nonfiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Macmillan Publishers In Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman traces the histo...

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Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave (Laurel-leaf books)

by Virginia Hamilton

Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave (Laurel-leaf books) Virginia Hamilton 9780679839972 Fiction Laurel Leaf Laurel Leaf Now in Laurel-Leaf, Virginia Hamilton’s powerful true acco...

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Palmares

by Gayl Jones

Palmares Gayl Jones 9780807033494 Fiction Beacon Press Beacon Press The epic rendering of a Black woman’s journey through slavery and liberation, set in 17th-century colonial Brazil; the return of a m...

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The Book Of Night Women

by Marlon James

The Book Of Night Women Marlon James 9781594488573 Fiction Knopf Penguin Random House From the author shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize"An undeniable success.” — The New York Times Book Review...

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The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade

by Gerald Horne

The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade Gerald Horne 9780814736890 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press During its heyday in the nineteenth ...

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Adolphus, a Tale (Anonymous) & the Slave Son (The Caribbean Heritage Series)

by Lise Winer

Adolphus, a Tale (Anonymous) & the Slave Son (The Caribbean Heritage Series) Lise Winer 9789766401337 Nonfiction University of the West Indies Press University of the West Indies Press The Caribbean H...

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Enslaved (Volume 1)

by H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson

Enslaved (Volume 1) H. Victoria Hargro Atkerson 9781541159679 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Enslaved Summary The joys and sorrows, inflicted on an African princess and a member of her r...

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My Soul Has Grown Deep

by Cheryl Finley

My Soul Has Grown Deep Cheryl Finley 9781588396099 Nonfiction Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art A new consideration of extraordinary art created by Black artists during the mid-20t...

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Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War

by Vincent Brown

Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War Vincent Brown 9780674260290 Nonfiction Belknap Press Harvard University Press Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner of the James A. Rawley ...

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Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women: 20th Anniversary Edition

by Iyanla Vanzant

Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women: 20th Anniversary Edition Iyanla Vanzant 9781401957216 Nonfiction SmileyBooks Penguin Random House The revised and expanded 20th-annivers...

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Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation

by Larry Eugene Rivers

Slavery in Florida: Territorial Days to Emancipation Larry Eugene Rivers 9780813033815 Nonfiction University Press of Florida University Press of Florida Winner of:• The Black Caucus of the Amer...

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The Black Book (Anniversary)

by Middleton A. Harris with the Assistance of Ernest Smith, Morris Levitt, and Roger Furman

The Black Book (Anniversary) Middleton A. Harris with the Assistance of Ernest Smith, Morris Levitt, and Roger Furman 9781400068487 Nonfiction Random House Penguin Random House A new edition of the cl...

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The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas

by Brooke N. Newman

The Crown’s Silence: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas Brooke N. Newman 9780063290976 Nonfiction Mariner Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt For readers of Annette Gor...

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Breaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance

by William Loren Katz

Breaking the Chains: African-American Slave Resistance William Loren Katz 9781644212653 Nonfiction Triangle Square Seven Stories Press Centering Black voices and slave narratives, this illustrated you...

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Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life

by Ashley Bryan

Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life Ashley Bryan 9781481456906 Fiction Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Using original slave auction and plantati...

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Why We Shouldn’t Call Our Ancestors Slaves

by LaRue Nedd

Why We Shouldn’t Call Our Ancestors Slaves LaRue Nedd 9780985689605 Nonfiction FNNC Publishing FNNC Publishing There was a time when everyone thought that the world was flat.Because we have been bomba...

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Dave The Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave

by Laban Carrick Hill

Dave The Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave Laban Carrick Hill 9780316107310 Nonfiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group To us it is just dirt, the ground we walk on… But to Dave it...

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What Is Slavery to Me?: Postcolonial/Slave Memory in Post-apartheid South Africa

by Pumla Dineo Gqola

What Is Slavery to Me?: Postcolonial/Slave Memory in Post-apartheid South Africa Pumla Dineo Gqola 9781868145072 Nonfiction Wits University Press Wits University Press Much has been made about South A...

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When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)

by Henry Norman

When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions) Henry Norman 9780486420707 Fiction Dover Publications Dover Publications More than 2,000 interviews with former ...

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Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

by Betty DeRamus

Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad Betty DeRamus 9780743482646 Nonfiction Atria Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. Forbidden Fruit is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tal...

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The Cruel Years: American Voices at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century

by William Loren Katz

The Cruel Years: American Voices at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century William Loren Katz 9780807054536 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press The Cruel Years provides readers with a vivid picture of wha...

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Here I Stand

by Paul Robeson

Here I Stand Paul Robeson 9780807018859 Nonfiction Beacon Press Beacon Press The powerful memoir of the most celebrated and blacklisted Black American of the 20th century—offering a defiant challenge ...

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Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise of Astro-Blackness

by Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones

Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise of Astro-Blackness Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones 9781498510509 Fiction Lexington Books Lexington Books The ideas and practices related to afrofuturism have existed ...

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The Complete Muhammad Ali

by Ishmael Reed

The Complete Muhammad Ali Ishmael Reed 9781771860406 Nonfiction Baraka Books Baraka Books Including material and photographs not included in most of the 100 other books about the champion, Ishmael Ree...

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Corridors of Nostalgia: Poetry by Cheryl Clarke

by Cheryl Clarke

Corridors of Nostalgia: Poetry by Cheryl Clarke Cheryl Clarke 9780978902308 Poetry Suspect Thoughts Press Suspect Thoughts Press Corridors of Nostalgia is the fifth collection of poetry by prominent o...

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The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom

by David F. Walker

The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave’s Journey from Bondage to Freedom David F. Walker 9780399581441 Fiction Ten Speed Press Penguin Random House A graphic novel biography of...

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Repercussions of the Atlantic Slave Trade: The Interior of the Bight of the Biafra and the African Diaspora

by Carolyn A. Brown and Paul E. Lovejoy

Repercussions of the Atlantic Slave Trade: The Interior of the Bight of the Biafra and the African Diaspora Carolyn A. Brown and Paul E. Lovejoy 9781592213580 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa Worl...

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The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story Of Sally Miller And Her Fight For Freedom in Old New Orleans

by John Bailey

The Lost German Slave Girl: The Extraordinary True Story Of Sally Miller And Her Fight For Freedom in Old New Orleans John Bailey 9780871139214 Nonfiction Atlantic Monthly Press Grove Atlantic, Inc. I...

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The REV. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman: A Narrative of Real Life

by Jermain Wesley Loguen

The REV. J. W. Loguen, as a Slave and as a Freeman: A Narrative of Real Life Jermain Wesley Loguen 9781418116293 Nonfiction University of Michigan Library University of Michigan Library This work is a...

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The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie: An African American’s Spiritual Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship’s Past

by Michael H. Cottman

The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie: An African American’s Spiritual Journey to Uncover a Sunken Slave Ship’s Past Michael H. Cottman 9780517703281 Nonfiction Crown Publishing Group Penguin Random House ...

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Flight to Canada

by Ishmael Reed

Flight to Canada Ishmael Reed 9780684847504 Fiction Scribner Book Company Simon & Schuster, Inc. Ishmael Reed has created a sharp, wildly funny slave’s-eye view of the Civil War. Three slaves infecte...

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Flight from the Devil: Six Slave Narratives

by William Loren Katz

Flight from the Devil: Six Slave Narratives William Loren Katz 9780865434141 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press During the early 19th century some African American me...

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The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley (The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers)

by Phillis Wheatley

The Collected Works of Phillis Wheatley (The Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers) Phillis Wheatley 9780195060850 Poetry Oxford University Press Oxford University Press The past...

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From Slave Ship to Freedom Road

by Julius Lester

From Slave Ship to Freedom Road Julius Lester 9780140566697 Nonfiction Puffin Books Penguin Random House Rod Brown and Julius Lester bring history to life in this profoundly moving exploration of the...

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The World of the Harlem Renaissance: A Jigsaw Puzzle

by Noa Denmon

The World of the Harlem Renaissance: A Jigsaw Puzzle Noa Denmon 9781913947057 Nonfiction Laurence King Hachette UK Limited 1000-PIECE PUZZLE: Piece together the rich and flourishing world of early 20t...

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Gem of the Ocean (1900s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Gem of the Ocean (1900s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9781559362801 Fiction Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group “No one except perhaps Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams has ai...

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The Piano Lesson (1930s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

The Piano Lesson (1930s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9780452265349 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House August Wilson has already given the American theater such spell-binding plays about the black expe...

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Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1910s Century Cycle)

by August Wilson

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1910s Century Cycle) August Wilson 9780452260092 Fiction Plume Penguin Random House Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano LessonWinner of the New York Drama...

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The Truth About Awiti

by Christine Platt

The Truth About Awiti Christine Platt 9780692287736 Fiction Field Order Press Field Order Press There is a commonly held belief the tropical storms and hurricanes that form off the coast of West Afric...

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The Black Holocaust For Beginners

by Sam Anderson

The Black Holocaust For Beginners Sam Anderson 9781934389034 Nonfiction For Beginners For Beginners Virtually anyone, anywhere knows that six million Jewish human beings were killed in the Jewish Holo...

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The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano: Written By Himself

by Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano: Written By Himself Olaudah Equiano 9780312442033 Nonfiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers Widely admired for its vivid accounts of t...

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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Revised Edition: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing

by Joy DeGruy

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Revised Edition: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing Joy DeGruy 9780985217266 Nonfiction Joy Degruy Publications Joy Degruy Publications In the 16th century,...

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Spirits of the Passage

by Cornel West

Spirits of the Passage Cornel West 9780684818191 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. In a watery grave off the coast of Florida lies the earliest slave ship ever recovered. The English-...

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They Raised Me Up: A Black Single Mother and the Women Who Inspired Her Volume 1

by Carolyn Marie Wilkins

They Raised Me Up: A Black Single Mother and the Women Who Inspired Her Volume 1 Carolyn Marie Wilkins 9780826220110 Fiction University of Missouri Press University of Missouri At the height of the co...

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Forty Acres: A Novel

by Phyllis R. Dixon

Forty Acres: A Novel Phyllis R. Dixon 9780974954059 Fiction New Generation Press New Generation Press Folks sure do act funny, when it comes to money. No one gave the Washington family forty acres or ...

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The Messenger : The Rise and Fall of Elijah Muhammad

by Karl Evanzz

The Messenger : The Rise and Fall of Elijah Muhammad Karl Evanzz 9780679442608 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House Here, eagerly anticipated, is the definitive biography of Elijah Muhammad ...

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Native Son

by Richard Wright

Native Son Richard Wright 9780060837563 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Arnold Rampersad (Introduction) Widely acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written on race and class division...

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Native Son

by Richard Wright

Native Son Richard Wright 9780060809775 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Arnold Rampersad (Introduction) Widely acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written on race and class divisions...

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The Book of Mean People (20th Anniversary Edition)

by Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison

The Book of Mean People (20th Anniversary Edition) Toni Morrison and Slade Morrison 9780316349673 Fiction Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Hachette Book Group A new edition for a new world of one...

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Anna’s Boy

by Tom Wood

Anna’s Boy Tom Wood 9781098320874 Nonfiction BookBaby BookBaby Anna’s Boy is the saga of the grandson of an American slave’s journey from Harlem;To become the first black member of a major U.S. bank b...

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Solomon Dark

by Erick S. Gray

Solomon Dark Erick S. Gray 9781957950181 Fiction Black Odyssey Media Black Odyssey Media Love has its own agenda in this twisty supernatural thriller steeped in the backdrop of the 1800s where a tortu...

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Black Hands White House: Slave Labor and the Making of America

by Renee K. Harrison

Black Hands White House: Slave Labor and the Making of America Renee K. Harrison 9781506474670 Nonfiction Fortress Press 1517 Media Black Hands, White House documents and appraises the role enslaved w...

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The First Black Slave Society: Britain’s Barbarity Time in Barbados, 1636-1876

by Hilary Beckles

The First Black Slave Society: Britain’s Barbarity Time in Barbados, 1636-1876 Hilary Beckles 9789766405854 Nonfiction University of the West Indies Press University of the West Indies Press Book desc...

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The Resurrection Of Nat Turner, Part 2: The Testimony: A Novel

by Sharon Ewell Foster

The Resurrection Of Nat Turner, Part 2: The Testimony: A Novel Sharon Ewell Foster 9781416578123 Fiction Howard Books Howard Books The sequel to The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part I: The Witnesses s...

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My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations

by Mary Frances Berry

My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations Mary Frances Berry 9780307277053 Fiction Vintage Penguin Random House “My face is black is true but its not my fault bu...

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New Studies in the History of American Slavery

by Edward E. Baptist and Stephanie Camp

New Studies in the History of American Slavery Edward E. Baptist and Stephanie Camp 9780820326948 Nonfiction University of Georgia Press University of Georgia Press These essays, by some of the most p...

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Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House

by Elizabeth Keckley

Behind the Scenes: or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House Elizabeth Keckley 9780143039242 Nonfiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House Originally published in 1868—when it was...

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Stroud’s Slave Laws

by George M. Stroud

Stroud’s Slave Laws George M. Stroud 9781580730075 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press In an analytical approach to the statutes of twelve slave holding states Stroud’s book exposed to ...

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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

by Cynthia Goodman and Spencer Crew

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Cynthia Goodman and Spencer Crew 9780821228425 Nonfiction Bulfinch Bulfinch An adaptation of the HBO documentary of the same name, Unchained Memo...

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Maurya’s Seed: Why Hope Lives Behind Project Walls

by Cathie Wright-Lewis

Maurya’s Seed: Why Hope Lives Behind Project Walls Cathie Wright-Lewis 9780595195763 Fiction iUniverse Author Solutions Maurya’s Seed portrays the aftermath of slavery. More precisely, it actually giv...

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Fifty Days on Board a Slave-Vessel: In the Mozambique Channel April and May, 1843

by Pascoe Grenfell Hill

Fifty Days on Board a Slave-Vessel: In the Mozambique Channel April and May, 1843 Pascoe Grenfell Hill 9780933121461 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Rev. Pascoe G. Hill has left us ...

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Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays

by Amiri Baraka

Dutchman and The Slave: Two Plays Amiri Baraka 9780688210847 Fiction Harper Perennial HarperCollins Centered squarely on the Negro-white conflict, both Dutchman and The Slave are literally shocking pl...

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Black Gotham: A Family History Of African-Americans In Nineteenth Century New York City

by Carla L. Peterson

Black Gotham: A Family History Of African-Americans In Nineteenth Century New York City Carla L. Peterson 9780300181746 Nonfiction Yale University Press Yale University Press Part detective tale, part...

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Legacy: Treasures of Black History

by Thomas C. Battle and Donna Marcia Wells

Legacy: Treasures of Black History Thomas C. Battle and Donna Marcia Wells 9781426200069 Nonfiction National Geographic National Geographic Books From its Introduction by the revered and distinguished...

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Antebellum a Novel

by R Kayeen Thomas

Antebellum a Novel R Kayeen Thomas 9781620906903 Fiction Strebor Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. A thought-provoking novel about African-American culture seen through the eyes of a famous rapper who is t...

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New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement

by Juan Williams

New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement Juan Williams 9781668012352 Nonfiction Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster, Inc. In this highly anticipated follow-up to Eyes...

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Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction

by Andrew Helfer

Black Like Us: A Century of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual African American Fiction Andrew Helfer 9781573447140 Nonfiction Cleis Press Cleis Press Winner of the 2003 Lambda Literary Award for Fiction Anth...

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Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches

by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays And Speeches Audre Lorde 9781580911863 Nonfiction Crossing Press Crossing Press Presenting the essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre Lorde, SISTER ...

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The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry

by Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair

The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry Richard Ellmann and Robert O’Clair 9780393093575 Poetry W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry is a significa...

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