Slavery and abolition of slavery

Dieser zeitlose historische Romanklassiker mit christlicher Botschaft verdient es, immer wieder gelesen zu werden.

Aphra, »die Einzigartige«, wie Vita Sackville-West sie nennt, war die erste Berufsschriftstellerin Englands, und während ihrer kurzen Karriere – von der englischen Restauration 1660 bis zur sogenannten Glorious Revolution 1688/9 – schrieb sie über alles, was ihre Zeit bewegte: Sklaverei, Politik, Geld sowie sexuelle und kulturelle Gegensätze.

Schon als Kind packte ihn das Entdeckungsfieber.

Seit Daniel Defoe, so vermutet man, im Mittelmeer selbst in die Gefangenschaft von Piraten geriet, ließ ihn die Welt der Seeräuber nicht mehr los.

"e;Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"e; is s generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period.

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'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched.

In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history Harriet Tubman a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonate today.

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.

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

THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE BERBICE SLAVE REBELLION Winner of the 2021 Cundill History PrizeWinner of the 2021 Frederick Douglass Prize 'A gripping tale about the human need for freedom .

Enslavement, trafficking, sexual starvation.

The slave, Saidiya Hartman observes, is a stranger torn from family, home, and country.

Thoughtful and challenging, this book argues for a reassessment of the role historically played by Islam in Africa, and offers new hope for in creased mutual understanding between African people of different faiths.

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.

Written by the world's leading experts and campaigners, Modern Slavery: A Beginner's Guide blends original research with shocking first-hand accounts from slaves themselves around the world to reveal the truth behind one of the worst humanitarian crises facing us today.

A ground-breaking, personal exploration of Americas obsession with continuing human bondage from the editor of the New York Times-bestselling Barracoon.

Axios's Essence of Series takes the greatest works of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence.

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.

From bondage to freedom.

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: "My Escape from Slavery," and "Reconstruction," as well as his address "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.

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.

Here are six historic essays on the state of race relations during the Reconstruction and early twentieth century, written from the African American point of view.

In My Larger Education, Booker T.

In Frederick Douglass'' autobiography ''My Bondage and My Freedom'' we can see the power of literacy and belief.

The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, Virginia, is a first-hand account of Turner''s confessions, published by a local lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, in 1831.

Here is one of the few slave narratives written by a women.

Olaudah Equiano was one of the most prominent people of African heritage involved in the British debate for the abolition of the slave trade.

Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator and statesman.

Anton de Kom s We Slaves of Suriname is a literary masterpiece as well as a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism.

During the age of empire, European and American colonists perpetrated one of history s most monstrous crimes: slavery.

Get the lowdown on America's Bloodiest Warthe Civil Warwith this essential guide to 101 interesting and unexpected facts about this defining event in US history.

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

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DIVERSE BOOK AWARDS 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2026Yor b Boy Running charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther's miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting'Run, j y , run!