From acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan comes this exploration of how Abraham Lincoln's and John Quincy Adams' experiences with slavery and race shaped their differing viewpoints. He provides both perceptive insights into these two great...
Slavery
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Author:Kaplan, FredSummary: -
Author:Ward, JesmynSummary:Oprah's Book Club Pick. Instant New York Times bestseller - Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more. "Nothing short of epic, magical, and...
- Author:Ward, JesmynSummary:
Oprah's Book Club Pick. Instant New York Times Bestseller. Named one of the best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The Boston Globe, Time, The New Yorker, and more. "Nothing short of epic, magical, and...
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Author:Butler, Octavia E.Summary:Dana, a modern African-American woman, is is snatched abruptly from her home in 1976 California and transported to the antebellum South in order to save the life of a white slave owner.
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NEW FOREWORD BY JANELLE MONÁE Selected by The Atlantic as one of THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS. From the New York Times bestselling author of Parable of the Sower and MacArthur “Genius” Grant, Nebula, and...
- Juneteenth : The history and legacy of the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the southAuthor:Editors, Charles RiverSummary:
Inevitably, for many across the South, the news of the Emancipation Proclamation arrived slowly, and in other locales, the new was withheld entirely, sometimes by years. Slaveowners were not simply going to give up slaves, and in the...
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Author:Davis, David BrionSummary:David Brion Davis is recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western world. His books have won such awards as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In Inhuman Bondage, Davis sums up a lifetime of insight,...
- Author:Thomas, KaiSummary:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Shortlisted for the 2023 AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD The fates of two unforgettable women—one just beginning a journey of reckoning and self-...
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Author:Summary:Out of the hundreds of published slave narratives, only a handful exist specific to South Carolina, and most of these are not readily available to modern readers. Edited by Susanna Ashton, this collection restores to print seven slave...
- Author:Smith, ClintSummary:
Poet and educator Clint Smith explores the places where the history of slavery has been preserved, if not fully reckoned with. Included are New Orleans, Monticello Plantation, Angola Prison, Blandford Cemetery, and others hidden in...
- Author:Brooks, GeraldineSummary:
"Brooks' chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling."--The New York Times Book Review "Horse isn't just an animal story--it's a moving narrative about race and art." --TIME. A discarded...
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Author:Gyasi, YaaSummary:Two half sisters, Effia and Esi, unknown to each other, are born into two different tribal villages in 18th century Ghana. Effia will be married off to an English colonial, and will live in comfort in the sprawling, palatial rooms of...
- Author:Mitchell, MargaretSummary:
Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time—has been heralded by readers everywhere as the great American novel. Widely considered the great...
- Author:Ward, DavidSummary:
«Quand allons-nous nous échapper?» demanda Bran. Je le regardai fixement, puis je regardai autour de moi, remarquant la présence des Lanciers les plus près. Mais ils se tenaient en silence dans leurs longues capes sombres, leurs visages...
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Author:Machado, Ana Maria, Brandao, Lucia, Baeta, LuisaSummary:Mariano and his friends are helping their parents turn an old Brazilian coffee plantation into an inn. The children sleep in a shed, which is being converted into guest rooms. One night they hear crying. Gradually, the ghost of Rosario...
- Author:Luqman-Dawson, AminaSummary:
After an entire young life of enslavement, twelve-year-old Homer escapes Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, leaving his beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there's no...
- Author:Burrough, BryanSummary:
A New York Times bestseller! “Lively and absorbing. . ." — The New York Times Book Review "Engrossing." —Wall Street Journal “Entertaining and well-researched . . . ” — Houston Chronicle Three noted Texan writers combine...
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Author:Allende, IsabelSummary:Alexander Cold's grandmother Kate is never far from an adventure. Days into the tour to write an article on the first elephant-led safaris in Africa, a Catholic missionary approaches them in search of his companions who have...
- Author:Curtis, Christopher PaulSummary:
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money...
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Author:Lester, JuliusSummary:Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce...
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