Slavery & Emancipation

Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American ...

Amazon.com — Amazing In his impressive study of the African-American experience in America, "Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom," author Lawrence Levine assembles a vast collection of songs, jokes, ...More…

Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Day Slavery

Amazon.com — Book Description Twenty-seven million people are estimated to be held in slavery around the world today. This collection of first-hand accounts will raise awareness and show how slavery is thriving in the twenty-first century. From poverty-stricken ...More…

Slavery and the Commerce Power: How the Struggle Against ...

Amazon.com — Author David L. Lightner Dewey Decimal Number 973.7112 EAN 9780300114706 Edition 1 ISBN 0300114702 Number Of Pages 240 Publication Date 2006-11-16More…

Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and ...

Amazon.com — Wonderfully researched personal stories Dreams of Africa in Alabama is a beautifully written and meticulous book. It's evident that Ms. Diouf spent a considerable amount of time and detail with her research. The author describes the Alabama slave ...More…

Carry Me Back: The Domestic Slave Trade in American Life

Amazon.com — A great book on an important topic I read Steven Deyle's book, Carry Me Back, on the recommendation of a review by Benjamin Schwarz in the June 2005 edition of the Atlantic Monthly. Schwarz praised Carry Me Back as "a fine book - by far the best ...More…

The End of Barbary Terror: America's 1815 War against ...

Amazon.com — A interesting look at a rather unkown naval war A rich and detailed look at an obscure event in U.S. naval history. "The End of Barbary Terror" describes a rather dashing adventure by a young U.S. Navy fresh off the Battle of 1812 with the ...More…

John Brown of Harper's Ferry: With Contemporary Prints, ...

Amazon.com — The exciting life of an exciting man! If you want to get to know John Brown, his family, his life, his problems and his ways, you have to read this book, from his childhood to his death in Virginia after the raid of Harper's Ferry each station of his ...More…

The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African American ...

Amazon.com — A fascinating soundscape In West African tradition, sound making is functional, part and parcel of daily life, integral to most activities: working, celebrating, praying, mourning, placating, criticizing or just passing time. It's a tradition that was ...More…

African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic ...

Amazon.com — Amazon.com Review A condensation and updating of the author's African Muslims in Antebellum America: A Sourcebook, this book features the stories of nearly 80 Africans brought to America as slaves between 1730 and 1860. What was unusual about these ...More…