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Thoughts on the abolition of the slave trade, and civilization of Africa : with remarks on the African Institution, and an examination of the report of their committee, recommending a general registry of slaves in the British West India islands.

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London : Printed for J.M. Richardson, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange : and J. Ridgway, Piccadilly, 1816.

1816

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A short review of the Reports of the African Institution : and of the controversy with Dr. Thorpe, with some reasons against the registry of slaves in the British colonies / by Gilbert Mathison, Esq.

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London : Wm. Stockdale, and J. Asperne, 1816.

1816

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An examination of the principles of the Slave Registry Bill : and of the means of emancipation proposed by the authors of the Bill / by G.W. Jordan, Esq., F.R.S., colonial agent for Barbados.

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London : Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1816.

1816

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Bond of iron : master and slave at Buffalo Forge / Charles B. Dew.

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New York : W.W. Norton, c1994.

1994

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Representing the body of the slave / editors, Thomas Wiedemann, Jane Gardner.

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London ; Portland, OR : F. Cass, 2002.

2002

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Slave life on the plantation : prisons beneath the sun / Richard Worth.

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Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2004.

2004

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Voices from slavery's past : yearning to be heard / Suzanne Cloud Tapper.

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Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2004.

2004

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From slave to abolitionist : the life of William Wells Brown / adapted by Lucille Schulberg Warner ; frontispiece by Tom Feelings.

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New York : Dial Press, c1976.

1976

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Moses : when Harriet Tubman led her people to freedom / Carole Boston Weatherford ; illustrated by Kadir Nelson.

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New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2006.

2006

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When Harriet met Sojourner / by Catherine Clinton ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.

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New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2007.

2007

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Dave the potter : artist, poet, slave / by Laban Carrick Hill ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.

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New York : Little, Brown, 2010.

2010

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Harriet Tubman, secret agent : how daring slaves and free Blacks spied for the Union during the Civil War / Thomas B. Allen ; featuring illustrations by Carla Bauer.

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Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2006.

2006

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Emancipation Proclamation : Lincoln and the dawn of liberty / Tonya Bolden.

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New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2013.

2013

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The poet slave of Cuba : a biography of Juan Francisco Manzano / Margarita Engle ; art by Sean Qualls.

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New York : Henry Holt, 2006.

2006

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York's adventures with Lewis and Clark : an African-American's part in the great expedition / by Rhoda Blumberg.

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New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2004.

2004

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A picture book of Harriet Tubman / by David A. Adler ; illustrated by Samuel Byrd.

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New York : Holiday House, c1992.

1992

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When Harriet met Sojourner / by Catherine Clinton ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.

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New York : Katherine Tegen Books, ©2007.

2007

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The freedom maze : a novel / by Delia Sherman.

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Easthampton, MA : Big Mouth House, 2011.

2011

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Willow / Tonya Cherie Hegamin.

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Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014.

2014

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My name is James Madison Hemings / by Jonah Winter ; illustrated by Terry Widener.

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New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2016.

2016

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Frederick Douglass : the lion who wrote history / by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

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New York : Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

2017-2017

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Os Jesuítas e as línguas : contexto colonial Brasil-África / Cristine Gorski Severo.

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Campinas, SP : Pontes Editores, [2019]

2019-2019

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The abolition of the slave trade [graphic], Or the inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in Captn. Kimber's treatment of a young Negro girl of 15 for her virjen (sic) modesty.

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[London] : Pub by S.W. Fores, 1792 April 10.

1792

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Abolition & the Underground Railroad in Chester County, Pennsylvania / Mark Lanyon.

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Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2022.

2022

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The Juneteenth story : celebrating the end of slavery in the United States / written by Alliah L. Agostini ; illustrated by Sawyer Cloud.

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Bellevue, WA : Becker & mayer! kids, 2022.

2022-2022

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Songs of slavery and emancipation / Mat Callahan ; introductIon by Robin D.G. Kelley ; afterword by Kali Akuno.

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Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2022]

2022-2022

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Mary Prince / E.L. Norry.

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London : Scholastic, 2022.

2022

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I can't wait to call you my wife : African American letters of love and family in the Civil War era / by Rita Roberts.

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San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books LLC, [2022]

2022

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Harriet Tubman : freedom's trailblazer / by Kathleen Kudlinski.

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New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002.

2002

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Escravidão e estado : entre princípios e necessidades, São Paulo (1835-1871) / Antonio Marco Ventura Martins.

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[Belo Horizonte] : Dialética Editora, [2020]

2020-2020

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A flag for Juneteenth / Kim Taylor.

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New York : Holiday House, [2023]

2023-2023

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Portraits of resistance : activating art during slavery / Jennifer Van Horn.

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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]

2022-2022

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Possessing Harriett : a play / Kyle Bass.

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Fabius, New York : Standing Stone Books, 2022.

2022-2022

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River sing me home / Eleanor Shearer.

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New York : Berkley, 2023.

2023-2023

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Master slave, husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom / Ilyon Woo.

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New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.

2023-2023

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Nearer my freedom : the interesting life of Olaudah Equiano by himself / Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge.

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Minneapolis : Zest Books, [2023]

2023

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Slavery in Zion : a documentary and genealogical history of black lives and black servitude in Utah Territory, 1847-1862 / by Amy Tanner Thiriot.

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Salt Lake City, Utah : University of Utah Press, [2022]

2022-2022

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The odyssey of Phillis Wheatley : a poet's journeys through American slavery and independence / David Waldstreicher.

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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

2023-2023

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The Negro's friend : consisting of anecdotes, designed to exemplify the moral, intellectual, and religious attainments of the African race, and the cruelties and oppressions to which they have been subjected by Europeans.

Text

London : Sold at the Depository and by Harvey & Darton and other Booksellers, [1830?]

1830

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Descendientes de africanos en la independencia. Volumen 8 / Sergio Antonio Mosquera.

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Cali, Colombia : Universidad del Valle. Programa Editorial, 2022.

2022-

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Master of the mountain : Thomas Jefferson and his slaves / Henry Wiencek.

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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

2012

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"Our uncle the major" : a story of New York in 1765 / James Otis.

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New York : Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, [1901], ©1901.

1901-1901

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Die aanslag op die slaweskip Meermin, 1766 : Dan Sleigh & Piet Westra.

Text

Kaapstad : Africana Uitgewers, 2012.

2012

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Sclavi și liberți imperiali în provinciile romane din Illyricum : (Dalmatia, Pannonia, Dacia și Mœsia) / Lucrețiu Mihailescu-Bîrliba.

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Iași : Editura Universității "Alexandru Ioan Cuza", 2004.

2004

1 item

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Controversy between New York tribune and Gerrit Smith.

Text

New York : Printed by John A. Gray, 1855.

1855

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The anthropology of slavery : the womb of iron and gold / Claude Meillassoux ; translated by Alide Dasnois.

Text

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.

1991

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Transición de la esclavitud al trabajo libre en Santo Domingo : el caso de Higüey (1822-1827) / Quisqueya Lora H.

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Santo Domingo, D.N., República Dominicana : Academia Dominicana de la Historia, 2012.

2012

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Goat days / Benyamin ; translated from the Malayalam by Joseph Koyippally.

Text

New York ; New Delhi : Penguin Books, [2012], ©2012.

2012-2012

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