The Maroons of Dominica 1764 - 1818: Resistance Rebellion and Freedom From Slavery, Paperback - Thomson Fontaine

For over fifty years the Maroons of Dominica resisted being enslaved, choosing instead to live free in the country's mountainous interior. They dar...

In this detailed, brilliantly researched book, historian Lennox Honychurch tells the enthralling and previously untold story of how the Maroons of ...

'Long before the friends of African freedom began to agitate for black freedom, the enslaved themselves had created their own strategies of resista...

Fully updated compendium of revolt and resistance Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and ...

DescriptionThroughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest--rallyin...

Reducere. African slavery in the Americas has left indelible marks on thegeographical, political, economic, social and cultural landscapes of theAmericas. An...

Born in a Virginia slave hut, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) rose to become the most influential spokesman for African Americans of his day. In t...

Reducere. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time In Up from Slavery, Washington recounts the story of his life--f...

Reducere. From a child slave put to hard labor to a college president and advisor to presidents, Booker T. Washington's autobiography powerfully describes hi...

Reducere. Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington (1856-1915). Born in a Virginia slave hut, Washington rose from...

Chronicling 30 years of public protest, government U-turns and environmental destruction, this is the story of Britain's transport policy

Reducere. Never afraid to take on tough cases or tackle difficult issues, here in From Freedom to Slavery Gerry Spence comes at us uncensored, with his passi...

For the 50 years that followed its publication in 1901, Up from Slavery was the most widely known book written by an African American. The life of ...

The first English-language publication of writings by the collective artist Claire Fontaine, addressing our complicity with anything that limits ou...

Reducere. Awards🏆Winner (2003) - Books for a Better Life - (First Book)Contributor(s): Author: Francis BokWith: Edward TivnanWinner of the Books for a Better...

Reducere. "Demonstrates that the 'emancipation generation' bequeathed values, ethical frameworks, and identities to multiple ensuing generations, shaping rel...

Reducere. First published serially in the Christian newspaper "The Outlook" in 1900, "Up from Slavery" is the classic autobiography of one of the most contro...

Reducere. The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history "A revelatory and fluidly written chronicle. . . . An esse...

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

The memoir of Gwendolyn Midlo Hall offers today's activists and readers an accessible and intimate examination of a crucial era in American radical...

Why do revolutions happen? Decades of social science research have brought us little closer to understanding where, when and amongst whom they occu...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen the institution of slavery ended in 1865, Somerset Place was the third largest plantation in North Carolina. Located in the rural n...

Reducere. Imagine leaving everything you've ever known--your friends, family, and home--to travel along roads you've never seen before, getting help from peo...

Reducere. Louis Hughes was born a slave in Virginia and at age 12 was sold away from his mother, whom he never saw again. After a few interim owners, he was ...

A thematic foundation for an interdisciplinary conversation about gendered resistance in locations including Brazil, Yemen, India, and the United S...

Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped as a child from his village in Africa and shipped to America to begin life as a slave. This book recounts his amazing...

Reducere. In 1812 a series of revolts known collectively as the Aponte Rebellion erupted across the island of Cuba, comprising one of the largest and most im...

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

Reducere. NOW IN PAPERBACK The page-turning, heart-wrenching true story of one young woman willing to risk her safety and even her life for a chance at freed...

History is not made by kings, politicians, or a few rich individuals--it is made by all of us. From the temples of ancient Egypt to spacecraft orbi...

Reducere. When Thomas Jefferson travels to Paris in 1784 to negotiate trade treaties for America, he takes the enslaved James Hemings with him as his manserv...

Reducere. As students of the Civil War have long known, emancipation was not merely a product of Lincoln's proclamation or of Confederate defeat in April 186...

Publisher: Freedom PublishingAuthor(s): Pat CravenIllustration(s): 42 cartoon: line drawnNumber of pages: 116Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 209 ...

Reducere. "NEW YORK TIMES "EDITOR'S CHOICE"SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "RECOMMENDED BOOKWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZEOne morning in 1805, off a remote island in t...

DescriptionInvestigating what life was like for African Americans north of the Mason-Dixon Line during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Jam...

Reducere. In Rituals of Resistance Jason R. Young explores the religious and ritual practices that linked West-Central Africa with the Lowcountry region of G...

Reducere. Slavery and Freedom in Savannah is a richly illustrated, accessibly written book modeled on the very successful Slavery in New York, a volume Lesli...

Shakespeare's largely misunderstood narrative poems contain within them an explosive commentary on the political storms convulsing his country The ...

Stand out of our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy - James Williams

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Gregory NoblesIllustration(s): 10 halftonesNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Reducere. Freedom National is a groundbreaking history of emancipation that joins the political initiatives of Lincoln and the Republicans in Congress with t...

Publisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Stella DadzieNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbackR...

Reducere. The Hill and Wang Critical Issues Series: concise, affordable works on pivotal topics in American history, society, and politics.The Origins of Ame...