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  • Freedom by a Thread
    Freedom by a Thread: The History of Quilombos in Brazil brings together some of the best scholars in the world working on the history of quilombos (maroon societies) in Brazil from a variety of perspectives and approaches. Over 40 percent of the total volume of captive Africans arrived in Brazil during a 400-year period of legal and contraband transatlantic slaving. If slavery ...
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    36,71 €

  • Tula the Revolt
    Jeroen Leinders / Brian Doyle-Du Breuil
    An inspiring historical novel based on the true story of the Great Slave Revolt on Curacao in 1795.***Now a major motion picture staring Danny Glover and Jeroen Krabbé***Tula, a slave in Curacao, is convinced that God made all human beings equal. Stirred by news from abroad - that the French have abolished slavery on neighbouring Haiti and that the New Dutch Republic is now und...
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    16,55 €

  • Caribbean Slave Revolts and the British Abolitionist Movement
    Gelien Matthews
    In this illuminating study, Gelien Matthews demonstrates how slave rebellions in the British West Indies influenced the tactics of abolitionists in England and how the rhetoric and actions of the abolitionists emboldened slaves. Moving between the world of the British Parliament and the realm of Caribbean plantations, Matthews reveals a transatlantic dialectic of antislavery ag...
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    38,24 €

  • The Adventures of Thomas Pellow
    Thomas Pellow
    In the summer of 1716, a Cornish cabin boy named Thomas Pellow was captured at sea by Barbary pirates and sold into human bondage to the despotic sultan of Morocco. This riveting memoir of a slave narrative is a story of pluck, and endurance in the face of barbaric splendour and suffering. A remarkable testament to the strength of the human spirit and to all those snatched from...
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    18,25 €

  • Slave trading in the Early Middle Ages
    Janel M. Fontaine
    This book reexamines slave trading in the early Middle Ages from a comparative perspective, situating it at the core of economic and political development in northern and eastern Europe. ...
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    157,15 €

  • Cadenas del Pasado
    Berenice Germano
    Esta novela cuenta la historia de una familia portuguesa que llegó a Brasil en busca de riquezas y, como todos los que trabajan, lograron triunfar. Ellos no fueron la excepción. Al igual que los grandes terratenientes de la época, hicieron crecer sus fortunas a expensas del sufrimiento de los negros esclavizados. Pero las nuevas generaciones traen consigo nuevos ideales, nuevas...
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    24,52 €

  • Borderland Blacks
    dann j Broyld
    Winner of the OHS Fred Landon Award In the early nineteenth century, Rochester, New York, and St. Catharines, Canada West, were the last stops on the Niagara branch of the Underground Railroad. Both cities handled substantial fugitive slave traffic and were logical destinations for the settlement of runaways because of their progressive stance on social issues including aboliti...
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    44,50 €

  • I AM JAYVYN
    Peter D Brown
    'I AM JAYVYN' is a compelling work of historical fiction positioned to remind readers of the key role the enslaved played in the development of America, and the systemic racism that still plagues the nation today.1710-On a beautiful morning full of hope and promise, twelve-year-old Javyn’s world is suddenly shattered when slavers raid his peaceful village. His father is killed,...
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    18,24 €

  • The Slow Death of Slavery in Dutch New York
    Michael J. Douma
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    77,33 €

  • Robert Wedderburn, Abolition, and the Commons
    Katey Castellano
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    145,11 €

  • Freedom’s Mirage
    Sydney Nathans
    Freedom’s Mirage traces the exceptional life of Virgil Bennehan, born in bondage in 1808 in Piedmont North Carolina, who rose to become an enslaved doctor on one of the South’s largest plantations and to view himself as a friend to Black and white people alike. Emancipated in 1848 but required to leave the state to be free, he was sent to Liberia. Though richly endowed and roya...
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    127,21 €

  • Savagery in Sandals
    Various
    Through the historical writings of classic scholars, poets, and commentators, Savagery in Sandals sheds a light on the world of the gladiatorial games and the lives of Ancient Rome’s most renowned gladiators.Established in the birth of the Roman Empire, the gladiator holds an almost mythological stance in the modern understanding of Ancient Rome. In a world where life and death...
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    22,55 €

  • Ireland, slavery and the Caribbean
    Finola O’Kane
    Ireland, slavery and the Caribbean interrogates the complex relationship between two island archipelagos at the peak of the slave economy. Employing a broad range of islands, sources, sites, and methods creates a transnational, trans-imperial and interdisciplinary history of Ireland, slavery and the Caribbean. ...
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    45,10 €

  • American Uprising
    Daniel Rasmussen
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    14,54 €

  • Why Is the Negro Lynched
    Frederick Douglass
    "Experience has taught us that it is sometimes wise and necessary to have more than two witnesses to bring out the whole truth. Especially is this the case where one of such witnesses has a powerful motive for suppressing or distorting the facts, as in this case. I therefore insist upon my right to take the witness stand and give my version of this Southern question, and though...
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    6,72 €

  • Jane Austen, Abolitionist
    Margie Burns
    The history of the phrase 'pride and prejudice' before it became the title of Jane Austen’s most famous novel is largely forgotten today. In particular, most of the reading public is unaware that 'pride and prejudice' was a traditional critique adopted by British and American antislavery writers. After Austen’s lifetime, the antislavery associations intensified, especially i...
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    71,73 €

  • When Liberty Enslaves
    Jerry Aveta
    There is a common experience between our experiences today and those before the Civil War many years ago. The effect of the intersection of faith and politics during these two experiences has had on our elections and our governance is uncanny in their similarities. Both times an election insurrection was stopped by the sitting vice president. Both times had people of the same f...
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    18,80 €

  • Views And Opinions
    Ouida Ouida
    ''Views and Opinions'' by Ouida, also known as Marie Louise de la Ramée, is a collection of essays and articles that reflect her perspectives on social, cultural, and political issues of her time. Ouida was a prolific Victorian-era novelist and critic known for her wit and sharp observations. In this collection, she shares her thoughts on topics such as literature, society, gen...
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    15,94 €

  • Ownership
    Sean McGever
    Setting Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitfield into their own contexts, Sean McGever tells the true story of these men’s deeply compromised relationship to slavery. More than just a history, this book is an invitation to examine our own legacies and to take ownership of our heritage and our own part in the story. ...
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    19,83 €

  • Chains Through Centuries
    Shah Rukh
    'Chains Through Centuries: From Ancient Slavery to Modern Workplaces' delves into the evolution of human subjugation, tracing the transformation from brutal ancient slavery to the subtler forms of control in today’s corporate world. This comprehensive exploration reveals the persistent undercurrents of power and resistance across different eras, urging readers to reflect on the...
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    16,55 €

  • Ten Lives Declaring Human Rights
    Michael Curtotti
    In an era disoriented, beset with rising inequality, festering hatreds, persistent injustice and brutal violence, in a world forgetting the very meaning of human rights, this book delves into the lives of ten individuals who arose to challenge the darkest chapters of human history. They walked amidst genocide, slavery, the oppression of women, the horrors of the Holocaust, and ...
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    13,15 €

  • AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (VOLUME TWO)
    Tony Rose
    The African slaves that arrived in Jamestown in 1619 were not arriving in the United States of America they were Spanish slaves arriving in Jamestown, Virginia a British colony. Yet, when the thirteen British colonies declared their independence from England, the offspring of those slaves remained as slaves, thus beginning the most shameful and horrendous period of the United ...
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    31,03 €

  • Sexual Violence and American Slavery
    Shannon Eaves
    It is impossible to separate histories of sexual violence and the enslavement of Black women in the antebellum South. Rape permeated the lives of all who existed in that system: Black and white, male and female, adult and child, enslaved and free. Shannon C. Eaves unflinchingly investigates how both enslaved people and their enslavers experienced the systematic rape and sexual ...
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    127,06 €

  • Sexual Violence and American Slavery
    Shannon Eaves
    It is impossible to separate histories of sexual violence and the enslavement of Black women in the antebellum South. Rape permeated the lives of all who existed in that system: Black and white, male and female, adult and child, enslaved and free. Shannon C. Eaves unflinchingly investigates how both enslaved people and their enslavers experienced the systematic rape and sexual ...
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    35,59 €

  • Denmark Vesey’s Bible
    Jeremy Schipper
    A timely and provocative account of the Bible’s role in one of the most consequential episodes in the history of slaveryOn July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey, a formerly enslaved man, was hanged in Charleston, South Carolina. He was convicted of plotting what might have been the largest insurrection against slaveholders in US history. Witnesses claimed that Vesey appealed to numerous ...
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    25,40 €

  • The Carceral City
    John Bardes
    Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflicted violence directly or through overseers. Mustering tens of thousands of previously overlooked arrest and prison records, John K. Bardes demonstrates the opposite: in parts of the South, enslaved and free people were jailed at astronomical rates. Slaveholders...
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    126,29 €

  • The Carceral City
    John Bardes
    Americans often assume that slave societies had little use for prisons and police because slaveholders only ever inflicted violence directly or through overseers. Mustering tens of thousands of previously overlooked arrest and prison records, John K. Bardes demonstrates the opposite: in parts of the South, enslaved and free people were jailed at astronomical rates. Slaveholders...
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    43,96 €

  • Awakening to Justice
    Christopher P Momany / Christopher P. Momany / Jemar Tisby / The Dialogue on Race and Faith Project
    The Dialogue on Race and Faith project presents groundbreaking scholarship on the writings of David Ingraham and his two Black colleagues, James Bradley and Nancy Prince. Through considering connections between the revivalist, holiness, and abolitionist movements, they offer insight and hope for Christians concerned about racial justice. ...
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    31,36 €

  • Himalayan Dreams
    Kirsty Nancarrow
    A Hero’s Legacy: Som Tamang’s incredible journey is not just a tale of survival; it’s a mission to protect girls in Nepal from trafficking and child marriage. His courage and benevolence shine through, inspiring us all to pursue our dreams and make a positive impact on the world.HOW ONE MAN’S DETERMINATION CHANGED THE FUTURE FOR CHILDREN IN RURAL NEPAL.Discover the life of Som ...
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    21,81 €

  • Enslavers of the Maritimes
    Brenda J Thompson
    A painstaking and unflinching catalogue of settlers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI who enslaved humans, some even after the practice became illegal.The reader will find here the names of many of the most prominent families of Atlantic Canada. Illustrated with images of ’runaway slave’ advertisements, letters from the powerful to each other about their dealings in the po...
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    13,25 €


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