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Defending Slavery : Proslavery Thought in the Old South (03 Edition) Defending Slavery : Proslavery Thought in the Old South (03 Edition)
by Paul Finkelman

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Within decades of the American Revolution, the Northern states had either ended slavery or provided for its gradual abolition. Slavery, however, was entrenched in the South and remained integral to American politics and culture. Nationally, it was... (read more)

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Narrative of My Escape From Slavery (03 Edition) Narrative of My Escape From Slavery (03 Edition)
by Moses Roper

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Published in 1838, Moses Roper's autobiography ranks among the most important and authentic accounts of life in slavery. The North Carolina native was separated from his mother at the age of six, and sold or traded many times to plantation owners... (read more)

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Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture (02 Edition) Language, Discourse and Power in African American Culture (02 Edition)
by Marcyliena Morgan

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African American language is central to the teaching of linguistics and language in the United States, and this book covers the entire field--grammar, speech, and verbal genres. It also reveals the various historical strands that must be identified in... (read more)

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Slaveholding Republic : an Account of the United States Government's Relations To Slavery (01 Edition) Slaveholding Republic : an Account of the United States Government's Relations To Slavery (01 Edition)
by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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William Lloyd Garrison argued--and many leading historians have since agreed--that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document. Garrison called it "a covenant with death, and an agreement with hell." But in The Slaveholding Republic... (read more)

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African-American Christianity: Essays in History African-American Christianity: Essays in History
by Paul E Johnson

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In this collection of essays, seven leading scholars give us the most comprehensive book to date on the history of African-American religion from the slavery period to the present. This volume illuminates the fusion of African and Christian traditions... (read more)

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Beyond Slavery : Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies (00 Edition) Beyond Slavery : Explorations of Race, Labor, and Citizenship in Postemancipation Societies (00 Edition)
by Frederick Cooper

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A historical exploration of the societal changes and difficulties brought about immediately following the end of slavery both in the Americas and Africa. The authors address issues of citizenship, labor, and race, and point the way toward a fuller... (read more)

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Mutiny on the Amistad Rev Edition Mutiny on the Amistad Rev Edition
by Howard Jones

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This book is the first full-scale treatment of the only instance in history in which African blacks, seized by slave dealers, won their freedom and returned home. In 1839, Joseph Cinque led other blacks in a revolt on the Spanish slave ship Amistad in... (read more)

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Without Consent Or Contract : the Rise and Fall of American Slavery (89 Edition) Without Consent Or Contract : the Rise and Fall of American Slavery (89 Edition)
by Robert William Fogel

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'Robert William Fogel's exceedingly careful testing of all possible sources and his pioneering methodological approach have allowed him both to increase our knowledge of an institution's operation and disintegration and to renew our methods of research.'... (read more)

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Race, Gender, and Politics of Skin Tone (05 Edition) Race, Gender, and Politics of Skin Tone (05 Edition)
by Hunter

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"Women and the Politics of Skin Tone tackles the hidden yet painful issue of colorism in the African American and Mexican American communities. Beginning with a historical discussion of slavery and colonization in the Americas, the book quickly moves... (read more)

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Of Long Memory: Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar Evers Of Long Memory: Mississippi and the Murder of Medgar Evers
by Adam Nossiter

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The history is well known: On June 12, 1963, Mississippi's courageous NAACP chief, Medgar Evers, was gunned down by white supremacist Byron de la Beckwith. Tried twice by all-white juries, Beckwith escaped conviction for three decades. But then... (read more)

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Slave: My True Story Slave: My True Story
by Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis

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A shocking true story of contemporary slavery: a young girl, snatched from her tribal village in Africa, survives enslavement in Sudan and London before making a courageous escape to freedom. Mende Nazer lost her childhood at age twelve, when she was... (read more)

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Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem
by bell hooks

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World-renowned scholar and visionary bell hooks takes an in-depth look at one of the most critical issues of our time, the impact of low self-esteem on the lives of black people. Without self-esteem everyone loses his or her sense of meaning, purpose... (read more)

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Time Longer Than Rope : a Century of African American Activism, 1850-1950 (03 Edition) Time Longer Than Rope : a Century of African American Activism, 1850-1950 (03 Edition)
by Charles M. Payne

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More than simply illuminating a hitherto marginalized fragment of American history, "Time Longer than Rope" provides a crucial pre-history of the modern civil rights movement. In the process, it alters our entire understanding of African American... (read more)

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Captives As Commodities : the Transatlantic Slave Trade (08 Edition) Captives As Commodities : the Transatlantic Slave Trade (08 Edition)
by Lisa A. Lindsay

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For use in one semester/quart courses on The Transatlantic Slave Trade OR as a supplemental text in courses on African history. & nbsp; Part of Prentice Hall& #39; s Connection: Key Themes in World History series. & nbsp; Written based on... (read more)

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I Am a Man! : Race, Manhood, and Civil Rights (05 Edition) I Am a Man! : Race, Manhood, and Civil Rights (05 Edition)
by Steve S. Estes

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The civil rights movement was first and foremost a struggle for racial equality, but questions of gender lay deeply embedded within this struggle. Steve Estes explores key groups, leaders, and events in the movement to understand how activists used race... (read more)

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Bulletproof Diva Bulletproof Diva
by Lisa Jones

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In "Bulletproof Diva, Lisa Jones brings the wit and candor of her infamous "Village Voice column, "Skin Trade," to a much larger audience. Chock full of the "fierce black girl humor" that has made her column so popular, this provocative collection of... (read more)

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Runaway Slave Settlements in Cuba (03 Edition) Runaway Slave Settlements in Cuba (03 Edition)
by Gabino La Rosa Corzo

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-279) and index.... (read more)

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Ordeal of Integration #1: The Ordeal of Integration: Process and Resentment in America's "Racial" Crisis Ordeal of Integration #1: The Ordeal of Integration: Process and Resentment in America's "Racial" Crisis
by Orlando Patterson

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For many years Orlando Patterson has been a major contributor to the public discussion of race in America. In this eagerly anticipated new volume, the author of the National Book Award–winner Freedom in the Making of Western Culture presents a... (read more)

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Here's to You Jackie Robinson: The Legend of the Prichard Mohawks Here's to You Jackie Robinson: The Legend of the Prichard Mohawks
by Joe Formichella

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With a novelist's gift for storytelling, Formichella breathes life into a South long gone and creates a hero's story, sometimes heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking, that begins in a sandlot and ends in the Baseball Hall of Fame.... (read more)

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Ties That Bind : African-american Consciousness of Africa (87 Edition) Ties That Bind : African-american Consciousness of Africa (87 Edition)
by Bernard M. Magubane

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An interpretation and analysis of the phenomenon of ambivalence so persistent in the Afro-American consciousness of Africa... (read more)

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