The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials of James Collins Johnson, Paperback - Lolita Buckner Inniss

Reducere. James Collins Johnson made his name by escaping slavery in Maryland and fleeing to Princeton, New Jersey, where he built a life in a bustling commu...

At the age of 19, scared and illiterate, James Pennington escaped from slavery in 1827 and soon became one of the leading voices against slavery pr...

Reducere. This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore the impact fugiti...

Reducere. Now in Laurel-Leaf, Virginia Hamilton's powerful true account of the sensational trial of a fugitive slave. The year is 1854, and Anthony Burns, a ...

Allura's life is a testament to the strength and resilience of cross-cultural educated Middle Eastern women in the modern age, who are railing agai...

Reducere. Will the worthy answer the call?When Kym Collins stopped the Rulers of Princirum from starting a war with the gods, the last thing she expected was...

*Includes pictures *Includes stories about the fugitive slave law and accounts about it *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further r...

Reducere. The young kings stand oceans apart.Old truths have been discovered, putting them both in grave danger. Held captive by their fate, the two sworn en...

Reducere. Salvation does not come without sacrifice.Rise. Otylia will never forget the betrayer's blade slicing across her throat. Nor will she forgive.Trapp...

Reducere. Over thirty thousand slaves were brought to the shores of colonial America on ships owned and captained by James DeWolf. When the United States too...

Reducere. This is the extraordinary story of a true American Patriot. Captured by the North Vietnamese and imprisoned for seven and a half years, Colonel (re...

Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Kyle HigginsIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 2...

Reducere. In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life--and...

Reducere. Margaret Garner was the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture just outside of Cincinnati, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather ...

Reducere. Based on sworn and witnessed court records, it's the true story of the three Supreme Court trials of the first slave freed by a young lawyer, Abrah...

Reducere. DescriptionThe dramatic story of the United States' destruction of a free and independent community of fugitive slaves in Spanish Florida In the af...

Now in English for the first time, Keila Grinberg's compelling study of the nineteenth-century jurist Antonio Pereira Reboucas (1798-1880) traces t...

Reducere. How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented,...

Reducere. Zeus has punished his son Apollo--god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more--by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-cover...

Reducere. How do you punish an immortal? By making him human. After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented,...

DescriptionHelen Keller lost her ability to see and hear before she turned two years old. But in her lifetime, she learned to ride horseback and da...

Reducere. "Absorbing, stunning, and emotionally rich." --LocusThe journey through M. R. Carey's "immersive, impeccably rendered world" (Kirkus) -- a world in...

The Trials of Love, two plays, classics of French dramatic literature, which in these translations were British premieres.Publisher: Troubador Publ...

'I thank heaven for small mercies. The first of these is Rumpole' Clive JamesHorace Rumpole, the irrepressible barrister fuelled by cigars, Tennyso...

Reducere. A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world-...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): XenophonNumber of pages: 200Collection: Hackett ClassicsPublication date: 2002Dimensions: 216 x 138...

Reducere. In 1865, The Christian Recorder, the national newspaper of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, serialized The Curse of Caste; or The Slave Brid...

Although few recognize the name of Bras-Coup today, Bryan Wagner's riveting history The Life and Legend of Bras-Coup illustrates why the saga of th...

Reducere. This is the extraordinary story of a true American Patriot. Captured by the North Vietnamese and imprisoned for seven and a half years, Colonel (re...

Zeus the hamster and his "god squad" are back to battle for the title of champion in the third title in this series that takes readers on a rollick...

Reducere. For nearly 10, 000 years, the Trials have been a sacred tradition.But when all of the twelve-year-old children in Ranewood are banished into the ne...

Our story begins with a challenge: The Trials of Hairy-Clees are only for the bravest and most awesome gods of all. Who among them will become the ...

Reducere. A deluxe, autographed edition of the first installment in an exciting new five-book quest adventure about gods and demigods by best-selling author ...

The remarkable story of Sir Sydney Kentridge QC, the greatest living barrister.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Thomas GrantIllustration(s): ...

The book offers a frank account of an African state that shook off colonial rule but has yet to see the fruits of independence distributed evenly a...

Reducere. DescriptionThis handsome boxed set brings together the first three paperbacks in the exciting, hilarious, and poignant series about Apollo, an arro...

Reducere. The courtrooms of 1903 Los Angeles are a man's world--until Kit Shannon arrives With shoulders squared and dreams set high, Kit Shannon arrives in ...

Reducere. The "Trials of Nance" is the true story of the three Supreme Court Trials of Mrs. Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1873) in Illinois. The dramatic non-fi...

Reducere. A deluxe, autographed edition of the first installment in an exciting new five-book quest adventure about gods and demigods by best-selling author ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2015From birth to jail, from...

The earth is a wasteland in this pulse-pounding sequel to The Maze Runner, of which there is a film in production from Twilight director Catherine ...

An affecting memoir from the country's youngest sommelier, tracing her path through the glamorous but famously toxic restaurant world At just twent...

Horace Rumpole, whose legal triumphs, plundering sorties into the 'Oxford Book of English Verse' and less-than-salubrious hat are celebrated here i...

Reducere. An instant New York Times bestseller "A Harry Potter-esque adventure." --Time MagazineA breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica...

Reducere. DescriptionIt's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five anc...

Ruby P. Baxter has troubles at school, a totally embarrassing dad and a goat for a pet, so life can be very trying. Read all about it in her TOP SE...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Kaiser fined him for his writings; he refused to pay. The Weimar Republic charged him with treason for publishing the truth about th...