Slavery and abolition of slavery

Few African countries have attracted the international attention that Ghana has.

This powerful narrative tells the triumphant story of the men and women who spent their lives and fortunes trying to abolish the institution of slavery in the United States.

The mythic story of English America's origins has long focused on the Mayflower pilgrims and their 1620 democratic compact.

In October of 1756 Sarah Folkes wrote home to her children in London from Jamaica.

In October of 1756 Sarah Folkes wrote home to her children in London from Jamaica.

'Riveting, timely and truly revelatory.

This vintage book contains Elizabeth Keckley's 1868 work, "e;Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House"e;.

Juneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery.

Juneteenth has been touted as a national day celebrating the end of slavery.

Mary Prince was the first woman slave to write of her experience.

WINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD COSMOPOLITAN'S 10 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF 2023'Fresh and propulsive .

There are very few Anti-Slavery books adapted to the young, yet no field could furnish a more attractive literature for children than this.

Solomon Northup tells the story of his life, the thrilling story of a free colored man, kidnapped in Washington in 1841, sold into slavery, and, after a twelve years' bondage, reclaimed by State Authority from a cotton plantation in Louisiana.

The courtroom drama that denied the legitimacy of slavery in late medieval EuropeIn 1387, a young Muslim woman from North Africa was captured on a galley in the Bay of Naples and brought to Marseille as a slave.

En aquest recull d'articles publicats al diari Ara l'any 2012, Albert Sánchez Piñol recupera cinc exterminis ignorats de diversos grups ètnics que han desaparegut en el no-res, i s'han endut amb ells una manera única de viure l'experiència humana.

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855.

Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

This illustrated edition of "e;Twelve Years a Slave"e; includes:Illustrations of objects and places mentioned in the novel.

El propósito de esta obra es dar a conocer a un público amplio uno de los fenómenos de mayor trascendencia y vergüenza para la humanidad como fue la esclavización de más de doce millones y medio de africanos que fueron trasladados a América, obligados a trabajar y vivir como esclavos.

Los antecedentes: el contexto socio-economico del esclavo en la independencia, la participacion de los esclavos en las guerras de independencia, el esclavo como soldado, esclavos sacrificados, otros aportes en medio de la guerra, los esclavos como donativos o contribuciones forzosas, las mujeres esclavas en tiempos de guerra, la recluta masiva de esclavos, 5.

Este ensayo nos traslada al África Subsahariana, en un principio con un hecho de la etapa colonial americana prácticamente desconocido donde Buenos Aires, por entonces capital del Virreinato del Río de la Plata, debía administrar e incorporar bajo su jurisdicción  esos territorios del continente africano.

Offers the broadest receptive audience an essentialist survey of the medieval histories of slaving in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.

Offers the broadest receptive audience an essentialist survey of the medieval histories of slaving in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.

'One of the most beautiful and profound novels I've read in ages' Washington Post'A magical take on Africa before the arrival of the Atlantic slave ships' Independent'Takes on the great riddles of existence' New York TimesBy a riverbank in Africa, two lovers meet for the first time.

In the years between the American Revolution and the U.

Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the 17th and 18th century.

Written for young adults, this biography of Frederick Douglass covers the life of the most famous black abolitionist and intellectual of the 19th century.

La última marea: historia, arqueología y antropología en Vueltabajo, de María del Carmen Barcia Zequeria, Jorge F.

Undoing Slavery excavates cultural, political, medical, and legal history to understand the abolitionist focus on the body on its own terms.

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Die Insel Willow Springs vor der amerikanischen Südstaatenküste ist ein wundersamer Ort.

Undoing Slavery excavates cultural, political, medical, and legal history to understand the abolitionist focus on the body on its own terms.

Documents the maritime historical research and archaeological fieldwork used to identify the wreck of the notorious schooner Clotilda Clotilda: The History and Archaeology of the Last Slave Ship is the first definitive work to examine the maritime historical and archaeological record of one of the most infamous ships in American history.

Emergent Africa (1967) expertly compresses the story of European penetration into the Africa of 1800.

This collection of research from Cuba scholars explores key conflicts, episodes, currents, and tensions that helped shape Cuba as a modern, independent nation.

Jacob Gorender's (1923-2013) 1978 book, Colonial Slavery (O Escravismo Colonial), comes alive for English language readers thanks to Bernd Reiter and Alejandro Reyes's brilliant translation.

Jacob Gorender's (1923-2013) 1978 book, Colonial Slavery (O Escravismo Colonial), comes alive for English language readers thanks to Bernd Reiter and Alejandro Reyes's brilliant translation.

Die Geschichte beginnt auf der Plantage von Arthur Shelby in Kentucky, der in finanzielle Not gerät und deshalb seinen Sklaven Tom verkauft.

'Monumental and eye-opening' Reza Aslan'A revelation [.

The transatlantic slave trade is one of the most shameful chapters in human history.

This collection of research from Cuba scholars explores key conflicts, episodes, currents, and tensions that helped shape Cuba as a modern, independent nation.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ist eine Abhandlung über die Abschaffung der Sklaverei aus dem Jahr 1845, die der berühmte Redner und ehemalige Sklave Frederick Douglass während seiner Zeit in Lynn, Massachusetts, verfasst hat.

This international analysis of theatrical case studies illustrates the ways that theater was an arena both of protest and, simultaneously, racist and imperialist exploitations of the colonized and enslaved body.

This international analysis of theatrical case studies illustrates the ways that theater was an arena both of protest and, simultaneously, racist and imperialist exploitations of the colonized and enslaved body.

West Africa (1977) surveys the first century of European enterprise - rivalry, and exploitation - in West Africa.

West Africa (1977) surveys the first century of European enterprise - rivalry, and exploitation - in West Africa.

Important and timely .

A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides.

This book presents rare evidence about the lives of three African women in the sixteenth centurythe very period from which we can trace the origins of global empires, slavery, capitalism, modern religious dogma and anti-Black violence.

How did a man born enslaved on a plantation triumph over Napoleons invading troops and become king of the first free black nation in the Americas?