Freedom in White and Black: A Lost Story of the Illegal Slave Trade and Its Global Legacy, Paperback - Emma Christopher

By 1808, both Britain and the United States had passed laws outlawing the transatlantic slave trade. Yet the trade covertly carried on. In the summ...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the slave trade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading It has often been said t...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the slave trade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "It is cert...

A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy's anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the...

Reducere. "Behind the Scenes" is both a slave narrative and a portrait of the First Family, especially Mary Todd Lincoln, and is considered controversial for...

Reducere. "I am a human being; I am a woman; I am a black woman; I am an African. Once I was free; then I was captured and became a slave; but inside me, I h...

A new history of the abolition of the British slave tradePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): David RichardsonIllustration(s): 1 b-w illus.Nu...

Reducere. At a time when the dialogue concerning Black and White people in America is more crucial than ever, it is important to approach the conversation wi...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the New World, then keep reading...Four captivating manuscripts in one book: The Americas: A Cap...

Publisher: Prometheus BooksAuthor(s): H. D. KirkpatrickIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; Black & White IllustrationsNumber of pages: 384...

Alexandra Wilson, a young mixed-race barrister, provides a compelling insight into the systemic racism in our legal system.

The highly praised biography of an archetypal great house and the family who lived there for over 250 years.

Reducere. Illegal tells the true story of love and deception, revolutions and deportations as it chronicles the trials of John Dennehy. Naïve New Yorker, Den...

Reducere. A celebrated revolution brought freedom to a group of enslaved people in northern India. Or did it? Millions of people today are still enslaved; ne...

Alexandra, a young mixed-race barrister, gives us a fresh perspective on a broken criminal justice system still dominated by a privileged few.

This book looks at the impact of the transatlantic slave trade on Africa and on the lives of enslaved Africans

Reducere. DescriptionThis is the action-filled biography of Marvin E. Gilmore, Jr., an African-American musician-turned-businessman, the grandson of slaves, ...

'A tour de force.' - THE SECRET BARRISTER'Clear-eyed and hard-headed. His defence of liberalism is political writing at its most urgent and engagin...

The extraordinary story of a young Sudanese girl who was kidnapped and sold into slavery and how she finally escaped to freedom.

Reducere. In May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Freedom Farms...

Reducere. Examining the legacy of racial mixing in Indian Territory through the land and lives of two families, one of Cherokee Freedman descent and one of M...

Reducere. Palestinian political cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh has gained renown worldwide for his stark black-and-white drawings that express the numerous abu...

Music fans around the world have been waiting for the original, forensic, unflinching, and masterful biography AC/DC's Bon Scott so richly deserves...

This is the story of a free black Creole family with beginnings in French Louisiana in 1740. It's a story of struggle and triumph with an indomitab...

Reducere. Nothing But Freedom examines the aftermath of emancipation in the South and the restructuring of society by which the former slaves gained, beyond ...

DescriptionCharles Albert "The Old Roman" Comiskey was a larger-than-life figure; a man who had precision in his speech and who could work a room w...

Shining a light on the largely untold story of elite-schooled child and youth soldiers under the Nazi regimePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(...

DescriptionIn May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Fr...

Mallory O'Meara uncovers the fascinating story of Milicent Patrick-creator of one of Hollywood's classic monsters. A true-life detective story and ...

This is the remarkable untold story of a group of men and women in the West Riding of Yorkshire who for nearly a century between 1776 and 1865 foug...

Publisher: 1517 MediaAuthor(s): Renee K. HarrisonNumber of pages: 380Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 161 x 239 x 34Cover type: HardbackRedescoper...

Reducere. A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive ac...

Reducere. "Roche published the first account of the last slave ship to enter the United States....She was the artist/writer daughter of a prominent white fam...

Reducere. Standing on the banks of the Black River, Mansfield Plantation is a living testament to antebellum rice plantations. In 1718, it started as a five-...

In the late summer and early autumn of 1938, ten-year-old Ruth Block, along with her father, mother and best friend, Miriam, must navigate the incr...

Red, White & Black is a provocative critique of socially engaged films and related critical discourse. Offering an unflinching account of race and ...

Reducere. "A Free Woman On God's Earth" The True Story of Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman, The Slave Who WOn Her Freedom is the inspiring story of Mumbet, an ensl...

An exploration of the scale, practical reality, and future implications of the growing integration of biodiversity conservation with global securit...

The De Re Militari of Vegetius: The Reception, Transmission and Legacy of a Roman Text in the Middle Ages - Christopher Allmand

Winner of the Casa de las Am�rica Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino Jos� Maria, set a...

Reducere. Armed with the personal notebooks of the mysterious World War II spy Theodore Morde, an adventurer who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, journ...

Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former sla...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Henry M. SayreIllustration(s): 42 color plates, 39 halftonesNumber of pages: 256Publication da...

Recounts the flamboyant and reckless life of Savannah businessman Charles Lamar, including Lamar's involvement in southern secession, the slave tra...

An indispensable corrective to the falsified version of black history presented by The 1619 Project, radical activists, and money-hungry "diversity...