Slavery and abolition of slavery

Slavery is a live issue today, but the people who talk about it as such are not all of a piece.

WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY LGBTQ SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR AWARDThe water-breathing descendants of African slave women tossed overboard have built their own underwater society-and must reclaim the memories of their past to shape their future in this brilliantly imaginative novella inspired by the Hugo Award-nominated song "e;The Deep"e; from Daveed Diggs's rap group clipping.

The Black Lives Matter movement has exposed the state violence and social devaluation that Black populations continue to suffer.

The Black Lives Matter movement has exposed the state violence and social devaluation that Black populations continue to suffer.

This book offers a first-person perspective on the institution of slavery in America, providing powerful, engaging interviews from the WPA slave narrative collection that enable readers to gain a true sense of the experience of enslavement.

The most famous memoir of its kind and a key text in the anti-slavery movement, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass tells the striking and emotionally charged story of one man's journey from slavery to freedom.

'Ambitious, defiant, angry and gripping .

Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the evils of slavery to the hearts and minds of the American people by its moving portrayal of slave experience.

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, King Leopold's Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation.

Harriet Tubman (1822-1913) was an American political activist and abolitionist.

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Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875-1935) was an American journalist, political activist, and poet.

First published in 1834, this volume contains a collection of memoirs and poems by Phillis Wheatley (c.

First published in 1912, "e;Constab Ballads"e; is a classic poetry collection with the main focus based on the police force of McKay's time, including his famous poem "e;If We Must Die"e;.

First published in 1899, "e;Lyrics of the Hearthside"e; is a collection of poetry by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906).

"e;Life and Adventures of James Williams, a Fugitive Slave"e; is a 1873 account by American slave James Williams, describing his early life, abuse, and eventual escape to New York City.

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Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an American escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author, and public speaker who garnered significant acclaim for his 1845 autobiography.

Laura Smith Haviland (1808-1898) was an American social reformer, suffragette, and abolitionist.

William Still (1821-1902) was an African-American abolitionist, businessman, writer, historian, civil rights activist.

Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American novelist, women's rights activist, abolitionist, journalist, and activist for Native American rights.

"e;Through the Eyes of a Slave"e; contains a carefully-selected collection of famous, influential and moving American slave narratives from a variety of authors including Solomon Northup's "e;Twelve Years a Slave"e;, which was adapted into the 2013 blockbuster film of the same name.

The fascinating and moving memoirs of American slaves, William and Ellen Craft.

"e;Iola Leroy - Shadows Uplifted"e; is a 1893 novel by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

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From bondage to freedom.

"e;The History of Mary Prince - A West Indian Slave"e; is a 1831 autobiography of Mary Prince (1788-1833), a British abolitionist and autobiographer.

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Moving between Britain and Jamaica this book reconstructs the world of commerce, consumption and cultivation sustained through an extended engagement with the business of slavery.

Moving between Britain and Jamaica this book reconstructs the world of commerce, consumption and cultivation sustained through an extended engagement with the business of slavery.

The concept of the "e;free press"e; is often celebrated as the vehicle which finally brought freedom of speech and democracy to post-apartheid South Africa, but historically, the position of the press was more complicated.

Thirteen years ago, I came to your door, a weary fugitive from chains and stripes.

After reaching Philadelphia, Tubman began thinking of her family.

Like most Southern counties, Floyd County, Virginia, enthusiastically supported the Confederacy at the outset of the Civil War.

The history of African Americans is a long, grim history full of injustices and brutality.

This is the second entry in our important African American Heritage series.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.

Frederick Douglass was born a slave, he escaped a brutal system and through sheer force of will educated himself and became an abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman, and reformer.

Collected here are both of Frederick Douglass' magazine articles: "e;My Escape from Slavery,"e; and "e;Reconstruction,"e; as well as his address "e;The Hypocrisy of American Slavery.

Up from Slavery is one of the most influential biographies ever written.

Here is the harrowing true story of Solomon Northup, a free black man living in New York.

Today Frederick Douglass is best known for his autobiographies; but while he was alive he was known as a fiery orator who was always in demand.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an African American civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar.

Ellen Craft and William Craft were slaves from Macon, Georgia who escaped to the North in December 1848 by traveling openly by train and steamboat, arriving in Philadelphia on Christmas Day.

This is the second entry in our important African American Heritage series.

Truth spoke about abolition, women's rights, prison reform, and preached to the Legislature against capital punishment.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was a black civil rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar.

In reprinting these orations the editor has endeavored to present them here as nearly as possible in their original form.