James Oakes' most recommended books

We've asked 13,000+ authors and super readers for their favorite books. Here are their favorite books by James Oakes.

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Books like Freedom National

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Books like The Crooked Path to Abolition

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Books like The Radical and the Republican

Book lists with James Oakes' books

5 authors created a book list with a book by James Oakes as one of their picks.

• The best books on slavery and the constitution
• The best books on Lincoln as an anti-racist
• The best recent books on emancipation during the U.S. Civil War
• The best books to have won the Gilder-Lehrman Lincoln Prize
• The best books on Abraham Lincoln, his life, and his words

Book lists connected to James Oakes' books

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• The best books about John Brown the abolitionist
• The best books on the life of Frederick Douglass
• The best abolitionist biographies from someone passionate about African American history
• The best books on moral courage in a world where courage seems to be lacking
• The best books on 19th-century women’s rights activists who weren’t Susan B. Anthony
• The best books on changing the world, starting with yourself

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