Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America, Hardcover - W. Caleb McDaniel

DescriptionThe unforgettable saga of one enslaved woman's fight for justice--and reparations Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was taken to Cincinn...

Contributor(s): Author: W. Caleb McDanielWinner of the Merle Curti Award Winner of the SHEAR James Broussard First Book PrizeIn The Problem of Demo...

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Contributor(s): Editor: Clifton EllisEditor: Rebecca GinsburgCountering the widespread misconception that slavery existed only on plantations, and ...

Examines how the French left perceived and used the image of the United States against the backdrop of major historical developments in both countr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Pegi Deitz SheaIllustrator: Wade ZaharesLiberty should shine here on this island, Bartholdi decided, where she can welcome ...

Reducere. The astonishing memoir of a free man who was sold into slavery in Louisiana where he was kept for12 years a powerful, riveting condemnation of slav...

DescriptionThrough the story of Tamara, an abused Native American girl, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan tells the story of the many children livi...

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DescriptionIn the late 1630s, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor set sail from England, lured by the promise of the New World, to set...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Caleb GayleNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 236 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Designed specially for undergraduate course use, this textbook is both an introduction to the study of American slavery and a reader of core texts ...

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In 1918, Rebecca Goldberg--a Jewish immigrant from the Russian Empire living in rural Wilmington, Massachusetts--lost her husband, Nathan, to a rai...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Elazar BarkanHow do nations and aggrieved parties, in the wake of heinous crimes and horrible injustices, make amends in a ...

Stand alone novel from the author of the bestselling DCI Daley Series. Gangs of London meets The Sopranos. Terms of Restitution is a thrilling gang...

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It would be easy to assume that, in the eighteenth century, slavery and the culture of taste - the world of politeness, manners, and aesthetics - e...