Slavery and abolition of slavery

'The degradations, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe.

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history.

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history.

From early slave rebels to radical reformers of the Civil War era and beyond, the struggle to end slavery was a diverse, dynamic, and ramifying social movement.

'I hope the slave trade may be abolished.

Durante mucho tiempo, la emancipación de los esclavos se consideró fruto de la acción de abolicionistas liberales y blancos.

El proyecto de estas crónicas temáticas fue galardonado en 2017 con la Beca Michael Jacobs de crónica viajera otorgada por la Fundación Gabriel García Márquez para el Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano- FNPI-, el Hay Festival y la Michael Jacobs Travel Writing Foundation.

My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass - My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass, an expansion of his earlier Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, discussing in greater detail his transition from bondage to liberty.

Dark like the skies on a moonless night, this is the color of our skin.

Since thousands of years, slavery in every form has been the root cause of misery and crime in every society it has crept in.

John Newton is now best remembered as an Anglican clergyman and the author of the hymn Amazing Grace.

This beautifully designed unabridged edition includes both Volume I and Volume II.

My Bondage and My Freedom - Frederick Douglass - My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written with the aid of Frederick Douglass, a diffusion of his earlier Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, discussing in extra element his transition from bondage to liberty.

Solomon Northup's 12 Years A Slave: A True Story is a memoir of gripping intensity that recounts his kidnapping and enslavement in 19th-century America.

The story of Frederick Douglass is passionate, harrowing, and inspiring.

'I was born in Tuckahoe I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it.

Esta novela de Carlos Bardem es vibrante como novela de aventuras y sorprendente por la calidad de la investigacion historica que lo sostiene.

Phillis Wheatley (c.

'In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty - it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.

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;.

'In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of liberty - it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.

This is the first comprehensive history of pre-Civil War American radicalism, mapping the journeys of the land reformers, Jacksonian radicals and militant abolitionists on the long road to the failed slave revolt of Harpers Ferry in 1859.

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

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

This is the first comprehensive history of pre-Civil War American radicalism, mapping the journeys of the land reformers, Jacksonian radicals and militant abolitionists on the long road to the failed slave revolt of Harpers Ferry in 1859.

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

Este libro analiza la presencia de los africanos esclavizados en el departamento del Cauca, Colombia.

With the recent success of the movie and book "e;Twelve Years A Slave"e; in mind, this title, as the name imports, gives a true picture of the state of Slavery in the United States in the first half of the 19th century.

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.

What is the place of Amanda Smith in American history?

This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves and the stories of people who have helped them.

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.

The extradition of Anthony Burns as a fugitive slave was the most memorable case of the kind that has occurred since the adoption of the Federal Constitution.

Guerra de razas.

Another example of the fictitious slave narrative is this book, An Account of a Female Slave (1857), which suggests the narrative only in title.

Dieses Buch vereint unglaubliche Geschichten aus zwei Jahrtausenden, die sich tatsächlich zugetragen haben, aber kaum den Weg in die Öffentlichkeit fanden.

This is the autobiography of Israel S.

Samuel Ringgold Ward was born in the State of Maryland about the year 1817.

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.

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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.

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