The Richmond Slave Trade: The Economic Backbone of the Old Dominion, Hardcover - Jack Trammell

Richmond s 15th Street was known as Wall Street in antebellum times, and like its New York counterpart, it was a center of commerce. But the busine...

Reducere. Colonist George Thorpe first crafted corn beere, an ancestor to bourbon, in 1620 at Berkeley Plantation, and George Washington once operated one of...

The seven hills at the James River fall line that Captain John Smith first witnessed in 1607 became the site of a pivotal American city. Richmond w...

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

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

The 1646 Treaty of Peace with Necotowance in Virginia fundamentally changed relationships between Native Americans and the English settlers of Virg...

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...

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

Reducere. Corporations faced with proof that they are hurting people or the planet have a long history of denying evidence, blaming victims, complaining of w...

Reducere. The first book in an exciting adventure series "The Temple Buck Quartet" that chronicles the rise and fall of the American Rocky Mountain fur trade...

Reducere. DescriptionAn unexpected visitor arrives in town But who is he? What is he? Where did he come from? Readers will learn the answers to all these que...

Reducere. About the AuthorMark Nesbitt was a National Park Service Ranger/Historian for five years at Gettysburg before starting his own research and writing...

Reducere. The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritativ...

On 16 March 1807, the British Parliament passed The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, abolishing the practise throughout the Empire. The following ...

Reducere. It's an awful story. It's an awful story. Why do you want to bring this up now?--Chief Awusa of Atorkor For centuries, the story of the Atlantic sl...

It could happen to you. It happened to the girl next door... When Theresa was 15 she moved to a new school and fell for an older pupil, Daniel.

DescriptionPhotographer Helen Shaw takes you on a fascinating journey celebrating the Pennines, that magnificent range of hills and moors which mak...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been protecting the ocean's ecosystems and marine wildlife for over forty years. ORCAPED...

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

Reducere. Sons of Providence paints a vivid portrait of Colonial life as we follow these founding brothers in their rise to the heights of American commerce ...

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...

Based on the Harvard thesis of DuBois-one of the great black intellectuals of American history-and incorporating analyses of national, state, and c...

Reducere. Survival in the swamp is hard work, especially for a delicious little mudbug. Couillon the crawfish is a whole lot of crazy. Despite his small size...

Their short stories and poems sit alongside first-hand accounts of slavery from freed slaves, making a fascinating and absorbing collection that re...

Reducere. The essays in this book demonstrate the importance of transatlantic and intra-American slave trafficking in the development of colonial Spanish Ame...

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. "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...

Reducere. For years, government bureaucrats have been looking for ways to destroy small businesses. With coronavirus, they finally had their chance. In 2020,...

Happy New Almanac Year! It's time to celebrate the 230th edition of The Old Farmer's Almanac! Long recognized as North America's most-beloved and b...

Reducere. The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in th...

Reducere. This is the story of the oldest warship afloat in the world, the venerable frigate USS Constitution, the cornerstone of the nascent American navy c...