The Slave, Paperback

DescriptionFamed abolitionist Frederick Douglass based his only fictional work on the gripping true story of the biggest slave rebellion in U.S. hi...

Reducere. What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (1852) is a novella by Frederick Douglass. Having escaped from slavery in the South at a young age, Freder...

Reducere. "Lasky shows not only the facts of Wheatley's life but also the pain of being an accomplished black woman in a segregated world." BOOKLIST "We ll c...

Reducere. "This speech was delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712"--P. 7].

Reducere. Relive the drama of the Roman Empire through the eyes of a young Greek slave in this latest installment in an acclaimed historical series. Iliona n...

Reducere. Born in Bermuda to a house slave in 1788, Mary Prince suffered the first of many soul-shattering experiences in her life when she was separated fro...

213 BC. The great inventor Archimedes has just one problem. His clumsy servant, Lydia. But when the Romans besiege Syracuse, and the Greeks turn to...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Andrea SfiligoiIllustrator: Andrea SfiligoiElvyn, an elderly, much-loved adventurer has disappeared, and an escaped goblin ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe History of Mary Prince (1831) was the first narrative of a black woman to be published in Britain. It describes Prince's sufferings ...

Reducere. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition combines the two most important African American slave narratives into one volume. Frederick Douglas...

Reducere. Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, h...

Reducere. Frederick Douglass's autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, is widely regarded as a classic of American nin...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Willie Lynch"The Willie Lynch Letter" written by Willie Lynch is widely considered to be one of the top 100 most controvers...

Reducere. The Willie Lynch Letter and The Making of A Slave is a speech delivered by Willie Lynch to an audience on the bank of the James River in Virginia i...

Reducere. In what has become a landmark of American history and literature, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl recounts the incredible but true story of H...

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

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...

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

Reducere. One day, thirteen-year-old jessie Bollier is earning pennies playing his fife on the docks of New Orleans; the next, he is kidnapped and thrown abo...

Reducere. DescriptionThe voice of a black female slave, written in her own hand, as she struggles for identity and freedom. What is it to serve a master? Wha...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave By Frederick Douglass

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 ...

Reducere. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., presents a seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including the 1749 texts of The Life of Olaudah Equiano, the la...

Reducere. ``Now, `` said he, ``if you teach that nigger (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a s...

Born into slavery, Frederick Douglass ignored his master's veto on black education and taught himself to read and write. Escaping to the Northern S...

Reducere. Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery; it's the only life she has ever known. Now, with the death of her mistress, there is a chance she will be giv...

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Reducere. "A brilliant work of US history." --School Library Journal (starred review) "Gripping." --BCCB (starred review) "Accessible...Necessary." --Kirkus ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Douglass Frederick DouglassAuthor: Frederick DouglassAuthor: Douglass begins by saying that he does not know his birthday a...

Reducere. In the summer of 1831, a band of some forty slaves led by Nat Turner attacked slave-owning residents of Southampton County, Virginia. One of the la...

Reducere. Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, h...

This exciting adventure recreates the siege of Masada, and reveals important developments in Jonathan's struggle with his guilt over past events. A...

Frederick Douglass was a key figure in helping to secure the abolition of slavery in America - discover his Narrative this Black History Month. A p...

Reducere. The character Uncle Tom, fr om Harriet Beecher Stowe's bestselling novel, ""Uncle Tom's Cabin, "" is based on the life of Josiah Henson (1789-1882)...

Contributor(s): Author: Sibel HodgeMy name is Elena and I used to be a human being. Now I am a sex slave. If you are reading this diary then I am e...

Reducere. ESCAPE FROM THE SLAVE TRADERS Introducing David Livingstone An urgent call for help cut through the morning mists that floated along the shore of L...

An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materials The preeminent American slave narrative first publ...

Reducere. 1761--Phillis Wheatley was a little girl of seven or eight years old when she was captured in Gambia and brought to America as a slave. But she did...

Moving true-life story of a young woman's 10-year attempt to free her abducted sister from Yemeni slavery.

Douglass's memoir, first published in 1845, is the moving narrative of twenty-one years of enslavement and escape to freedom. In a new introduction...

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From a Prix Goncourt writer hailed by Milan Kundera as the "heir of Joyce and Kafka, " a gripping story of an escaped slave in Martinique and the k...

'The degradations, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe.' Harriet Jacobs was born a slave in the American ...

The second novel from celebrated historian Tracy Borman, author of The King's Witch.

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.

Reducere. Full text.The story of the real Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom".Published in 1849, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabita...

Reducere. "This may be the most important story ever written by a slave woman, capturing as it does the gross indignities as well as the subtler social arran...

First published in 1688, Oroonoko is a politically charged novella by the Restoration playwright and spy Aphra Behn, and is arguably one of the fou...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Victoria El HenawyIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 232Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 233...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Frederick DouglassDouglass' powerful account of his journey from slave, by way of determined self education, to being one o...

Reducere. DescriptionWHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CHRISTIAN THE WAY FIRST-CENTURY BELIEVERS DEFINED IT?As followers of Jesus, we call ourselves "Christians, " b...

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

Ranging widely across both historical periods and national boundaries, Qaisra Shahraz's new collection of short stories speaks powerfully to the bu...

A profound and harrowing meditation by a descendant of slaves who journeyed to Africa to understand her past.Illustrations: 20 integrated black and...

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

Reducere. First published in 1867, this landmark book represented the first systematic effort to collect and preserve the songs sung by the plantation slaves...

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by herself is an autobiography by Harriet Ann Jacobs, a young mother and fugitive slave, published i...

Reducere. DescriptionSolomon Northup was born a free man in New York State. At the age of 33 he was kidnapped in Washington D.C. and placed in an underground...

Reducere. An American Slave: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is a memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and ex-slave Frederic...

Reducere. DescriptionThis classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when ...

Reducere. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglas...

Reducere. A lyrical biography of a Cuban slave who escaped to become a celebrated poet. Born into the household of a wealthy slave owner in Cuba in 1797, Jua...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Harriet JacobsPortions of Harriet Jacobs's "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" first appeared serially in 1861 in the N...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Lee CummingsThis book is the rewriting of history based on the artifacts that have been dug up by archaeologists. You will ...

Reducere. Centered squarely on the Negro-white conflict, both Dutchman and The Slave are literally shocking plays--in ideas, in language, in honest anger. Th...

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Reducere. Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas an American Slave By Frederick Douglas

Reducere. This book is a true account of a black male who was framed by two of the law. His arrest led him to become the first victim in Madera County, Calif...

Spartacus and the Slave WarsSpartacus has passed into legend as an enduring symbol of righteousness in his noble battle for the freedom of man. Thi...

Reducere. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by HerselfBy Harriet Ann Jacobs