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The Underground Railroad
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The Underground Railroad

By Colson Whitehead ,

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Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies
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Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies

By Julia Cherry Spruill ,

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Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation
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Runaway Slaves

By John Hope Franklin , Loren Schweninger ,

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Life on a Plantation
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Life on a Plantation

By Bobbie Kalman ,

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Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old South
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Within the Plantation Household

By Elizabeth Fox-Genovese ,

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The Plantation Mistress: Woman's World in the Old South
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The Plantation Mistress

By Catherine Clinton ,

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Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South
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Slaves Without Masters

By Ira Belin ,

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Vengeance and Justice: Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth-Century American South
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Vengeance and Justice

By Edward L. Ayers ,

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Southern Honor: Ethics and Behavior in the Old South
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Southern Honor

By Bertram Wyatt-Brown ,

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American Homicide
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American Homicide

By Randolph Roth ,

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Twice Condemned: Slaves and the Criminal Laws of Virginia, 1705-1865
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Twice Condemned

By Philip J. Schwarz ,

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North and South
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North and South

By John Jakes ,

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Slavery and American Economic Development
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Slavery and American Economic Development

By Gavin Wright ,

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Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942
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Slow Fade to Black

By Thomas Cripps ,

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Moral Contagion: Black Atlantic Sailors, Citizenship, and Diplomacy in Antebellum America
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Moral Contagion

By Michael A. Schoeppner ,

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Brooding over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women's Lethal Resistance
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Brooding over Bloody Revenge

By Nikki M. Taylor ,

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Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love
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Kara Walker

By Kara Walker , Philippe Vergne , Sander Gilman , Thomas McEvilley , Robert Storr , Kevin Young , Yasmil Raymond

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Song Yet Sung
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Song Yet Sung

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