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The Known World
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The Known World

By Edward P. Jones ,

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Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory
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Race and Reunion

By David W. Blight ,

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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

By Olaudah Equiano ,

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The Prophets
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The Prophets

By Robert Jones, Jr. ,

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Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household
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Out of the House of Bondage

By Thavolia Glymph ,

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Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800
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Africa and Africans in the Making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800

By John Thornton ,

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The Reaper's Garden: Death and Power in the World of Atlantic Slavery
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The Reaper's Garden

By Vincent Brown ,

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The Long Song
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The Long Song

By Andrea Levy ,

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Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
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Inhuman Bondage

By David Brion Davis ,

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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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The Slaves' Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812
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The Slaves' Gamble

By Gene Allen Smith ,

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It Jes' Happened
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It Jes' Happened

By Don Tate , R. Gregory Christie (illustrator) ,

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In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process 1: The Colonial Period
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In the Matter of Color

By A. Leon Higginbotham ,

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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation
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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh

By Daina Ramey Berry ,

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Flight and Rebellion: Slave Resistance in Eighteenth-Century Virginia
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Flight and Rebellion

By Gerald W. Mullin ,

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Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
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Poet

By Don Tate ,

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Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
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Pastwatch

By Orson Scott Card ,

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Flesh And Gold (Lyhhrt Trilogy)
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Flesh And Gold (Lyhhrt Trilogy)

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The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery
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The Dreaded Comparison

By Marjorie Spiegel ,

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Forty Acres: A Thriller
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Forty Acres

By Dwayne Alexander Smith ,

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The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part I: The Witnesses
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The Resurrection of Nat Turner, Part I

By Sharon Ewell Foster ,

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Douglass' Women
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Douglass' Women

By Jewell Parker Rhodes ,

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Sister of Mine
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Sister of Mine

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The Confessions of Nat Turner
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The Confessions of Nat Turner

By William Styron ,

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The People Could Fly: The Picture Book
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The People Could Fly

By Virginia Hamilton , Diane Dillon (illustrator) , Leo Dillon (illustrator)

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Freedom Over Me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life
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Freedom Over Me

By Ashley Bryan ,

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The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States
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The Juneteenth Story

By Alliah L. Agostini ,

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Slavery and Society at Rome
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Slavery and Society at Rome

By Keith Bradley ,

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On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
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On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon

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Suck on the Marrow
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Suck on the Marrow

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Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson
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Slavery and the Founders

By Paul Finkelman ,

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Survivors of Slavery: Modern-Day Slave Narratives
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Survivors of Slavery

By Laura T. Murphy ,

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Africans in Colonial Louisiana: The Development of Afro-Creole Culture in the Eighteenth-Century
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Africans in Colonial Louisiana

By Gwendolyn Midlo Hall ,

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Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews With Former Slaves
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Slave Narratives

By Work Projects Administration ,

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Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made
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Roll, Jordan, Roll

By Eugene D. Genovese ,

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That Mean Old Yesterday
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That Mean Old Yesterday

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The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations On Cotton And Slavery In The American Slave States, 1853-1861
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The Cotton Kingdom

By Frederick Olmsted ,

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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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No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding, With a New Preface
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No Property in Man

By Sean Wilentz ,

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Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present
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Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow

By Jacqueline Jones ,

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Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom
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Revolution Song

By Russell Shorto ,

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In Defiance: Runaways from Slavery in New York's Hudson River Valley, 1735-1831
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In Defiance

By Susan Stessin-Cohn , Ashley Hurlburt-Biagini ,

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