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Homegoing
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Homegoing

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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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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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Enslaving Spirits: The Portuguese-Brazilian Alcohol Trade at Luanda and Its Hinterland, C. 1550-1830
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Enslaving Spirits

By José C. Curto ,

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Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route
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Lose Your Mother

By Saidiya V. Hartman ,

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Sacred Hunger
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Sacred Hunger

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Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa
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Transformations in Slavery

By Paul E. Lovejoy ,

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Elmina, 'The Little Europe': European Impact and Cultural Resilience
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Elmina, 'The Little Europe'

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To Be a Slave in Brazil: 1550-1888
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To Be a Slave in Brazil

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

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Slave and Citizen: The Classic Comparative Study of Race Relations in the Americas
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Slave and Citizen

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Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

By David Eltis , David Richardson ,

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Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism
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Black Saints in Early Modern Global Catholicism

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The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa, 1780-1867
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The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa, 1780-1867

By Daniel B. Domingues da Silva ,

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Faces of Perfect Ebony: Encountering Atlantic Slavery in Imperial Britain
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Faces of Perfect Ebony

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Africans: The History of a Continent
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Africans

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Company of Liars: A Novel
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Company of Liars

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Gorée: Point of Departure
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Gorée

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Blonde Roots
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Blonde Roots

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Liberia & the Quest for Freedom
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Liberia & the Quest for Freedom

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The Bonds of Family: Slavery, Commerce and Culture in the British Atlantic World
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The Bonds of Family

By Katie Donington ,

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A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution
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A Fistful of Shells

By Toby Green ,

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Making Money: Life, Death, and Early Modern Trade on Africa's Guinea Coast
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Making Money

By Colleen E. Kriger ,

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The Art of Conversion: Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo
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The Art of Conversion

By Cécile Fromont ,

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Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself
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Nearer My Freedom

By Monica Edinger , Lesley Younge ,

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Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America
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Workers on Arrival

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Slavery and the British Country House
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Slavery and the British Country House

By Madge Dresser (editor) , Andrew Hann (editor) ,

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The Fearless Benjamin Lay
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The Fearless Benjamin Lay

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Bury the Chains
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Bury the Chains

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The Making of an Afro-American: Martin Robison Delany
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The Making of an Afro-American

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The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823
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The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823

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