Slavery and abolition of slavery

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.

'A must-read.

Chronologie des amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges und die Vorgeschichte wie es zu diesen Konflikt kam.

Winner of the Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2019Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize and the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award 'Astonishing, staggering' Ben Okri, Daily TelegraphA groundbreaking new history that will transform our view of West AfricaBy the time of the 'Scramble for Africa' in the late nineteenth century, Africa had already been globally connected for many centuries.

Refreshing and educational narrative historyAfter a life-changing diagnosis, Dutch entrepreneur Jacob Gelt Dekker decides to take a step into the unknown.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDSYor b Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting'Run, j y , run!

Personal, provocative and powerfully persuasive - an essential guide to what white feminism is, why it matters, and how we can put an end to it'Thoughtful and provocative.

The Heroic Slave (1852) is a novella by Frederick Douglass.

A dazzling history of a dangerous emotion, by acclaimed historian Agnes Arnold-Forster.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.

Originally published in 1847, William W.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 2024GUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024'GRIPPING' THE TIMESThis is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the last ship of the Atlantic slave trade, whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways.

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Americans have always defined themselves in terms of their freedoms--of speech, of religion, of political dissent.

'A nation without a national government is an awful spectacle.

'A nation without a national government is an awful spectacle.

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Esta obra estudia la vida familiar de los esclavos de origen africano en un espacio local neogranadino (la villa de San Gil) durante el siglo XVIII.

'A rich, sprawling epic full of history and magic.

In 1812, Francisco Manoel da Silva, escaping a life of poverty in Brazil, sailed to the African kingdom of Dahomey, determined to make his fortune in the slave trade.

Manuel Jala: un afrocampechano, cuenta la inspiradora historia de un novohispano afrodescendiente, engarzado en la eterna pasión humana: la búsqueda de la libertad y la autodeterminación.

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - Matilda Joslyn Gage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B.

An epic novel of the American Civil War from the bestselling author of THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN.

From the critically acclaimed Andrea Levy, Orange Prize winning author of SMALL ISLAND, comes this breathtaking, hauntingly beautiful, heartbreaking and unputdownable novel, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and longlisted for the Orange Prize.

Esta obra estudia la vida familiar de los esclavos de origen africano en un espacio local neogranadino (la villa de San Gil) durante el siglo XVIII.

A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.

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

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2014 Discover the story of a real-life Captain Ahab of the slave trade, in a landmark book by one of today's most original and highly acclaimed historians One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, seal hunter and abolitionist Captain Amasa Delano climbed aboard the Tryal, a distressed Spanish slaver.

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

The Atlantic slave trade was one of the largest and most elaborate maritime and commercial ventures.

2013 Information Book Awards - Long-listedHarriet Tubman encouraged enslaved Africans to make the break for freedom and reinforced the potential of black freedom and independence.

'More than lives up to the hype' Observer'Set to become a publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row'An astounding achievement' Sunday Times'The lost giant of American literature' New YorkerJune, 1957.

The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero Toussaint LouvertureThe Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world's first independent black state.

A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture (1798) is an autobiography by Venture Smith.

Inspired by extraordinary true events, River Sing Me Home is a soaring story of courage and sacrifice, and a testament to the remarkable tenacity of hope.

Discover how the campaign to end slavery divided Britain and was almost thwarted by some of the most powerful and famous figures of the era.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book' Sathnam Sanghera'By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be constantly remade and reasserted.

In Truevine, Virginia, in 1899 everyone the Muse brothers knew was either a former slave, or a child or grandchild of slaves.

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

Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation.

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

'Ambitious, defiant, angry and gripping .

The true story of the Royal Navy's sixty-year campaign to stop slavery across the British Empire, decades before the American Civil War.