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Book Synopsis''A must-read graphic history. . . an inspired and inspiring defence of heroic women whose struggles could be fuel for a more just future'' Guardian''Not only a riveting tale of Black women''s leadership of slave revolts but an equally dramatic story of the engaged scholarship that enabled its discovery'' Angela Y. DavisWomen warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the passage across the Atlantic. They fought their enslavers throughout the Americas. And then they were erased from history.In Wake Rebecca Hall, a historian, a granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of slavery, tells their story. With in-depth archival research and a measured use of historical imagination, she constructs the likely pasts of women rebels who fought for freedom on slave ships bound to America, as well as the stories of women who led slave revolts in Colonial New York. Beneath both is Hall''s own tale: of a life lTrade ReviewA must-read graphic history. . . an inspired and inspiring defence of heroic women whose struggles could be fuel for a more just future -- Rosemary Bray McNatt * Guardian *Stunning. . . With its remarkable blend of passion and fact, action and reflection, Wake sets a new standard for illustrating history * NPR *Powerful.... Wake is operating in the wake of slavery, and in a state of being awake to the past, a process Hall frames as both devastating and grounding * New York Times Book Review *Hall and Martinez deserve tremendous credit for their work in making this research accessible. . . a superb accomplishment on every level * Popmatters *Not only a riveting tale of Black women's leadership of slave revolts but an equally dramatic story of the engaged scholarship that enabled its discovery -- Angela DavisAn urgent, brilliant work of historical excavation * Kirkus *Wake is a revelation. Rebecca Hall's sparse and perfectly chosen prose intersects with Hugo Martinez's beautiful woodcut-styled illustrations that uses the power of visual narratives that hearkens back to graphic masters like Lynd Ward and Frans Masereel. Hall's writing cleverly flows between the reality of her research on black women-led slave revolts and speculative ideas that uncover the spectrum of human experience and resilience -- John Jennings, Eisner Award-winning illustrator of Octavia Butler's Kindred and Parable of the Sower graphic novelsA lot of Black history is uncelebrated narratives, but even within that history there are narratives that are especially overlooked; these tend to be the stories of Black women. Rebecca Hall's diligent research and intelligent storytelling has flipped that script to celebrate the brave enslaved Black women who fought and died for their freedom with dignity. Hugo Martinez's expressive art brings these women to vivid life on the page -- Joel Christian Gill, author of Strange FruitHall and Martínez connect the past and the present in a moving and exciting narrative that brings to light the history of slavery in the United States. Showing how enslaved women resisted slavery, even though their participation in rebellions remain largely absent from written records, Wake will be a crucial tool to introduce students to the problematic nature of slavery primary sources. -- Ana Lucia Araujo, Professor of History, Howard UniversityIn this beautiful and moving graphic novel, historian Rebecca Hall unearths a history so often overlooked: the significant role Black women played in leading slave revolts. Through Hugo Martinez's vivid graphics, combined with Hall's brilliant insights and powerful storytelling, Wake transports the reader to a moment in time when a group of Black women set out to overturn the institution of slavery in British North America. Their courageous story, told with remarkable skill and elegance, offers hope and inspiration for us all. -- Keisha N. Blain, author of Set the World on FireIn Wake, Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez use the graphic medium to stunning effect. More than just a history, Wake is a meaningful engagement with a living past. Read this book slowly. Savor the visual metaphors. Let them take you back in time while Hall's narration pins you to the uncomfortable present. Make your reading a shared journey with friends or classmates who can help you uncover the deep meanings and cope with the emotions it raises. This book will haunt you the way that the legacies of slavery haunt this country. -- Trevor Getz, author of Abina and the Important MenRebecca Hall makes accessible the historians' craft in the service of telling the powerful stories of women-led slave revolts. Mincing no words, Hall captures the fierceness of Black women's resistance. Infusing the text with her personal story and a sharp historical imagination, Hall never waivers in giving life to this history. She brings into the present stories that must be read and passed on. -- Rose M. Brewer, Professor, University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesWake's text is spare, informed, tuned to vibrating feeling and thought about historical and contemporary Black women's agency and actions in resistance and rebellion. As powerful as the text, are the astonishing graphics. Reading, I was drawn into frame after frame of graphic action and evocative description. These drawings brought me to tears, recognition, fury, gratitude, solidarity. -- Donna Haraway, Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department and Feminist Studies Department, UCSCKnowing differently is key to the movement as we newly reckon with what has been memorialized in our past. We are lucky to be in Rebecca Hall's wake as we look again toward the future, with fresh eyes from visualizing a deeper relationship to the revolutionary black feminist spirit that brought us here. -- Gina Dent, Associate Professor in Feminist Studies, UC Santa Cruz

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Book SynopsisThis Modern Library Paperback Classics edition combines the two most important African American slave narratives into one volume.Frederick Douglass's Narrative, first published in 1845, is an enlightening and incendiary text. Born into slavery, Douglass became the preeminent spokesman for his people during his life; his narrative is an unparalleled account of the dehumanizing effects of slavery and Douglass's own triumph over it. Like Douglass, Harriet Jacobs was born into slavery, and in 1861 she published Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, now recognized as the most comprehensive antebellum slave narrative written by a woman. Jacobs's account broke the silence on the exploitation of African American female slaves, and it remains crucial reading. These narratives illuminate and inform each other. This edition includes an incisive Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah and extensive annotations.

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Book SynopsisA textbook introduction to the history of the American South, from slavery to the civil rights movement.Trade ReviewClive Webb and David Brown have written an admirably extensive and useful survey of the racial experience of the American South since colonial times. Judicious, up-to-date, and alert to the wider context, it will win many friends for its welcome synthesis of a daunting historiography -- Richard Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History, Oxford University A stunning achievement. Clive Webb and David Brown have written easily the best overview that we have of race in the American South from the origins of slavery to the present day. Their book is informed by all the latest scholarship and characterized by consistently authoritative conclusions. Indispensable for any course on southern history. -- Tony Badger, Paul Mellon Professor of American History, University of Cambridge David Brown and Clive Webb have accomplished the nearly impossible by writing a well researched and highly readable synthesis of the broad history of race in the American South. Anyone who wants to understand the links as well as the discontinuities of race in the region should begin by reading this book and consulting the superb bibliographical essay of sources the authors have assembled. -- Dan T. Carter, University of South Carolina Race in the American South takes us on a sweeping synthetic analysis of an issue central to an understanding of American history. Little that is relevant seems to have escaped the attention of the authors. -- Richard J. M. Blackett, Andrew Jackson Professor of History, Vanderbilt University In this splendid synthesis of southern history using race as the orgnaizing principle, David Brown and Clive Webb argue that race has been determinative in southern history, even as it interacted with class, gender, ethnicity and religion. Combining five maps, a chronology and a bibliographical essay, this highly accessible book is a fine overview of the literature and will prove useful in courses on race relations, African Americans and the South. -- Anthony S. Parent Jr, Wake Forest Uniervsity Journal of Southern History Anyone who has used a textbook designed for an undergraduate survey course in history knows that broad chronological syntheses often tend towards generalizations and certitude. Remarkably, this is not the case here. Instead Brown and Webb illuminate various historical debates, largely leaving it up to their readers to evaluate the merits of various arguments! deserves a place of prominence on the bookshelf of any serious student of the American South. -- Jennifer Jensen Wallach, Georgia College & State University Journal of Social History A first-rate work by two British specialists in American studies! Race in the American South can be highly recommended as a well-written, accurate and concise review of a tragic American history. -- Tom Pettigrew, University of California Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies A comprehensive account of the way that race has shaped the history of the United States. Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World Clive Webb and David Brown have written an admirably extensive and useful survey of the racial experience of the American South since colonial times. Judicious, up-to-date, and alert to the wider context, it will win many friends for its welcome synthesis of a daunting historiography A stunning achievement. Clive Webb and David Brown have written easily the best overview that we have of race in the American South from the origins of slavery to the present day. Their book is informed by all the latest scholarship and characterized by consistently authoritative conclusions. Indispensable for any course on southern history. David Brown and Clive Webb have accomplished the nearly impossible by writing a well researched and highly readable synthesis of the broad history of race in the American South. Anyone who wants to understand the links as well as the discontinuities of race in the region should begin by reading this book and consulting the superb bibliographical essay of sources the authors have assembled. Race in the American South takes us on a sweeping synthetic analysis of an issue central to an understanding of American history. Little that is relevant seems to have escaped the attention of the authors. In this splendid synthesis of southern history using race as the orgnaizing principle, David Brown and Clive Webb argue that race has been determinative in southern history, even as it interacted with class, gender, ethnicity and religion. Combining five maps, a chronology and a bibliographical essay, this highly accessible book is a fine overview of the literature and will prove useful in courses on race relations, African Americans and the South. Anyone who has used a textbook designed for an undergraduate survey course in history knows that broad chronological syntheses often tend towards generalizations and certitude. Remarkably, this is not the case here. Instead Brown and Webb illuminate various historical debates, largely leaving it up to their readers to evaluate the merits of various arguments! deserves a place of prominence on the bookshelf of any serious student of the American South. A first-rate work by two British specialists in American studies! Race in the American South can be highly recommended as a well-written, accurate and concise review of a tragic American history. A comprehensive account of the way that race has shaped the history of the United States.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Red, White and Black? Native Americans, Europeans and Africans Meet in the Chesapeake; 2. Systematising Slavery: The Making of the Plantation System in the Eighteenth Century; 3. Slavery, Race and the American Revolution; 4. A White Man's Republic in the Antebellum South; 5. The Paradoxical Institution: Antebellum Slavery; 6. A Fragile Freedom: The Civil War and the Collapse of Slavery; 7. 'The White Supreme': Race Relations in the Jim Crow South; 8. A World of Their Own: Black Culture and Resistance; 9. The Challenge of Reform: The South in the Era of the World Wars; 10. Moderates and Militants: The Struggle for the White South; 11. We Shall Overcome: The Civil Rights Movement; Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of Race; Index.

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Book SynopsisA textbook introduction to the history of the American South, from slavery to the civil rights movement.Trade ReviewClive Webb and David Brown have written an admirably extensive and useful survey of the racial experience of the American South since colonial times. Judicious, up-to-date, and alert to the wider context, it will win many friends for its welcome synthesis of a daunting historiography -- Richard Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History, Oxford University A stunning achievement. Clive Webb and David Brown have written easily the best overview that we have of race in the American South from the origins of slavery to the present day. Their book is informed by all the latest scholarship and characterized by consistently authoritative conclusions. Indispensable for any course on southern history. -- Tony Badger, Paul Mellon Professor of American History, University of Cambridge David Brown and Clive Webb have accomplished the nearly impossible by writing a well researched and highly readable synthesis of the broad history of race in the American South. Anyone who wants to understand the links as well as the discontinuities of race in the region should begin by reading this book and consulting the superb bibliographical essay of sources the authors have assembled. -- Dan T. Carter, University of South Carolina Race in the American South takes us on a sweeping synthetic analysis of an issue central to an understanding of American history. Little that is relevant seems to have escaped the attention of the authors. -- Richard J. M. Blackett, Andrew Jackson Professor of History, Vanderbilt University Clive Webb and David Brown have written an admirably extensive and useful survey of the racial experience of the American South since colonial times. Judicious, up-to-date, and alert to the wider context, it will win many friends for its welcome synthesis of a daunting historiography A stunning achievement. Clive Webb and David Brown have written easily the best overview that we have of race in the American South from the origins of slavery to the present day. Their book is informed by all the latest scholarship and characterized by consistently authoritative conclusions. Indispensable for any course on southern history. David Brown and Clive Webb have accomplished the nearly impossible by writing a well researched and highly readable synthesis of the broad history of race in the American South. Anyone who wants to understand the links as well as the discontinuities of race in the region should begin by reading this book and consulting the superb bibliographical essay of sources the authors have assembled. Race in the American South takes us on a sweeping synthetic analysis of an issue central to an understanding of American history. Little that is relevant seems to have escaped the attention of the authors.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Red, White and Black? Native Americans, Europeans and Africans Meet in the Chesapeake; 2. Systematising Slavery: The Making of the Plantation System in the Eighteenth Century; 3. Slavery, Race and the American Revolution; 4. A White Man's Republic in the Antebellum South; 5. The Paradoxical Institution: Antebellum Slavery; 6. A Fragile Freedom: The Civil War and the Collapse of Slavery; 7. 'The White Supreme': Race Relations in the Jim Crow South; 8. A World of Their Own: Black Culture and Resistance; 9. The Challenge of Reform: The South in the Era of the World Wars; 10. Moderates and Militants: The Struggle for the White South; 11. We Shall Overcome: The Civil Rights Movement; Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of Race; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first Reader and Guide on the subject of slavery in America. It combines both an introduction to the field and a selection of core primary and secondary readings, covering the period from the early seventeenth century to the American Civil War.Trade ReviewThe combination of secondary and primary extracts with substantial editorial pieces is particularly impressive. The overview, followed by essays for each section looks good. Often editorial pieces in other works are too brief. The coverage of the colonial period as well as later years is a significant strength, and the balance between thematic emphasis and chronological is good. -- Dr Michael Tadman, Department of History, University of Liverpool I am impressed by the organization, content and coverage of this reader. The author has blended most, if not all, of the latest developments in the field of slavery studies with appropriate documents. He has done so in a very organized and logical fashion, and I would not hesitate to assign this work in my undergraduate classes. -- Professor Christine Daniels, Michigan State University The combination of secondary and primary extracts with substantial editorial pieces is particularly impressive. The overview, followed by essays for each section looks good. Often editorial pieces in other works are too brief. The coverage of the colonial period as well as later years is a significant strength, and the balance between thematic emphasis and chronological is good. I am impressed by the organization, content and coverage of this reader. The author has blended most, if not all, of the latest developments in the field of slavery studies with appropriate documents. He has done so in a very organized and logical fashion, and I would not hesitate to assign this work in my undergraduate classes.Table of ContentsAnalytical Table of Contents; 1. The Origins of North American Slavery; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Transitions to African Slavery in British America, 1630-1730: Barbados, Virginia and South Carolina; (Russell R. Menard, from Indian Historical Review); Document 1 The Arrival of the First Blacks in Virginia; (from Susan Myra Kingsbury (ed.), The Records of the Virginia Company of London); Document 2 Maryland establishes Slavery for life; (from William Hand Browne (ed.), Archives of Maryland: Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, January 1637/8-September 1664); Document 3 Management of Slaves, 1672; (from Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1900); 2. Slavery in Colonial North America; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Engendering Racial Difference, 1640-1670; (from Kathleen M. Brown, Good Wives, Nasty Wenches, and Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race, and Power in Colonial Virginia); Document 1 Anonymous testimony before Virginia magistrates about a sexual assault complaint made by a white woman against a mulatto man, 1681; (from Warren M. Billings (ed.), The Old Dominion in the Seventeenth Century: A Documentary History of Virginia, 1606-1689); Document 2 Repeal of the Act excluding Slaves from Georgia, 1750; (from Elizabeth Donnan (ed.), Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America); Document 3 Johann Martin Bolzius answers a Questionnaire on Carolina and Georgia; (from Klaus G. Loewald, Beverly Starika and Paul S. Taylor, 'Johann Martin Bolzius answers a Questionnaire on Carolina and Georgia,' William and Mary Quarterly); 3. Slavery and the American Revolution; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Liberty, Equality, and Slavery: The Paradox of the American Revolution; (Sylvia R. Frey, from The American Revolution: Its Character and Limits); Document 1 The Northwest Ordinance, 1787; (from Henry S. Commager (eds.), Documents of American History); Document 2 Slavery and the United States Constitution; (from www.nationalcenter.org/HistoricalDocuments.html); Document 3 Petition from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society to Congress, 1790; (from Gary B. Nash, Race and Revolution); 4. Slavery and the Founding Fathers; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay George Washington and the Problem of Slavery; (Kenneth Morgan, from Journal of American Studies); Document 1 Extract from Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia; (from William Peden (ed.), Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia); Document 2 George Washington, Last Will and Testament, 9 July 1799; (from John P. Kaminski (ed.), A Necessary Evil? Slavery and the Debate over the Constitution); Document 3 DNA evidence on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings; (from Lander, Eric S. and Joseph J. Ellis, 'DNA Analysis: Founding Father' and Eugene A. Foster et al., 'Jefferson fathered slave's last child,' Nature); 5. Slave Life and Work; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay The Gospel in the Slave Quarters; (from Eugene D. Genovese, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made); Document 1 Slave Work and Life in Georgia; (from Emily P. Burke, Reminiscences of Georgia); Document 2 Cruel treatment of a slave girl; (from Jean F. Yellin (ed.), Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl); Document 3 Slave testimonies; (from Robert Edgar Conrad (ed.), In the Hands of Strangers: Readings on Foreign and Domestic Slave Trading and the Crisis of the Union); 6. The Business of Slavery; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Turning People into Products; (from Walter Johnson, Soul by Soul: Life inside the Antebellum Slave Market); Document 1 The New Orleans Slave Market; (from Fredrika Bremer, The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America); Document 2 A slave coffle; (from George W. Featherstonhaugh, Excursion through the Slave States, from Washington on the Potomac to the Frontier of Mexico: with Sketches of Popular Manners and Geological Notices); Document 3 Inventory of slaves on a Louisiana sugar plantation; (from Willie Lee Rose (ed.), A Documentary History of Slavery in North America); 7. Slavery and the Law; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Slave Property Crimes and the Law in the South; (from Thomas D. Morris, Southern Slavery and the Law 1619-1860); Document 1 The Louisiana Slave Code, 1824; (from James O. Fuqua (ed.), Civil Code of the State of Louisiana: with the Statutory Amendments from 1825 to 1866 inclusive); Document 2 Assault and battery on a slave woman; (from Thomas P. Devereaux (ed.), Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina from December Term, 1828, to December Term, 1830); Document 3 Extract from the Dred Scott decision, 1857; (from Henry S. Commager (ed.), Documents of American History); 8. Slave Resistance; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Profile of a Runaway Slave; (from John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger, Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantation); Document 1 Runaway slave advertisements; (from Lathan A. Windley, Runaway Slave Advertisements: a Documentary History from the 1730s to 1790); Document 2 Petition about a slave runaway; (from John Hope Franklin and Loren Schweninger, Runaway Slaves: Rebels on the Plantations); Document 3 Affidavit of a Tennessee Fugitive Slave; (from Ira Berlin, Barbara J. Fields, Thavolia Glymph, Joseph P. Reidy, Leslie S. Rowland (eds), Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867, Series 1. Volume 1. The Destruction of Slavery); 9. Planters and Proslavery; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Proslavery Thought; (from Drew Gilpin Faust (ed.), The Ideology of Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Antebellum South); Document 1 Letter to an English abolitionist; (from Drew Gilpin Faust (ed.), The Ideology of Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Antebellum South); Document 2 George Fitzhugh and Proslavery Thought; (from Drew Gilpin Faust (ed.), The Ideology of Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Antebellum South); Document 3 Justification for slavery; (from Drew Gilpin Faust (ed.), The Ideology of Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the Antebellum South); 10. The Antislavery Struggle; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Ordinary Women in the Antislavery movement; (from Julie Roy Jeffrey, The Great Silent Army of Abolitionism: Ordinary Women in the Antislavery Movement); Document 1 The Germantown Protest, 1688; (from Henry S. Commager (ed.), Documents of American History); Document 2 A Slave petition for freedom during the Revolutionary era; (from Herbert Aptheker (ed.), 'Slaves Petition for Freedom during the Revolution, 1773-1779' in A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States); Document 3 Extract from 'The Liberator,' 1831; (from William Lloyd Garrison, 'The Liberator, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1, 1831' in Henry S. Commager (ed.), Documents of American History); 11. Slavery and Politics; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Politics, Ideology, and the Origins of the American Civil War; (from Eric Foner, Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War); Document 1 The Fugitive Slave Act, 1850; (from www.Nationalcenter.org/HistoricalDocuments.html); Document 2 Appeal of the Independent Democrats, 1854; (from Henry S. Commager (ed.), Documents of American History); Document 3 Abraham Lincoln's 'House Divided' speech; (from www.nationalcenter.org/HistoricalDocuments.html); 12. Emancipation and the Civil War; Introduction; Bibliography; Essay Lincoln and Slave Emancipation; (from Don E. Fehrenbacher, completed and edited by Ward M. McAfee, The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery); Document 1 The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863; (from Henry Steele Commager (ed.), Documents of American History); Document 2 Kentucky, Unionism and Slavery; (from Extract from Ira Berlin, Barbara J. Fields, Thavolia Glymph, Joseph P. Reidy, Leslie S. Rowland (eds), Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867. Series 1. Volume 1: The Destruction of Slavery); Document 3 The Civil War Amendments to the United States Constitution; (from Henry Steele Commager (ed.), Documents of American History).

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Book SynopsisAlthough much has been written about Scottish involvement in slavery, the contribution of Scots to the abolition of black slavery has not yet been sufficiently recognised. This book starts with a Virginian slave seeking his freedomin Scotland in 1756 and ends with the abolition of the apprenticeship scheme in the West Indian colonies in 1838.Trade ReviewA tightly argued and illuminating history. The Herald A tightly argued and illuminating history.

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Book SynopsisDescribes the history of how the ''Africa Trade'' formed the backbone of the British Empire. This book retells the story of how the international commodity market in Africans operated, how transportation of millions of Africans over thousands of miles developed and how the experience affected slaves both in bondage and then in freedom.

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Book SynopsisExploring the major historiographical, theoretical, and methodological approaches that have shaped studies on slavery, this addition to the Writing History series highlights the varied ways that historians have approached the fluid and complex systems of human bondage, domination, and exploitation that have developed in societies across the world. The first part examines more recent attempts to place slavery in a global context, touching on contexts such as religion, empire, and capitalism. In its second part, the book looks closely at the key themes and methods that emerge as historians reckon with the dynamics of historical slavery. These range from politics, economics and quantitative analyses, to race and gender, to pyschohistory, history from below, and many more. Throughout, examples of slavery and its impact are considered across time and place: in Ancient Greece and Rome, Medieval Europe, colonial Asia, Africa, and the Americas, and trades throughout the Atlantic and IndTrade ReviewThis is a fascinating volume on the historiography of slavery. It has interesting chapters on how historians have approached the global history of slavery and concepts such as empire, capitalism and antislavery. The book also deals with the methods and perspectives historians have used to explore slavery, including race, gender and memory. A valuable and important collection. * Prof. Gad Heuman, Emeritus University of Warwick, UK *This is the best collection of studies on the historiography, methodologies and theoretical approaches to the comparative and transnational histories of slavery. The approaches are discussed in general terms followed by excellent illustrative studies. Doddington and Dal Lago deserve high praise for the expertise and thoroughness of their selection, organization and editing of chapters that are all very informative. The authors cover their assigned areas thoroughly and accessibly, offering clear views of their specialties in styles that are often lively and inviting. The work will be indispensable for both specialists interested in alternate approaches, researchers new to the study of slavery, and teachers and students seeking context and greater depth in their study of the many cutting edge histories of the world’s slaveries. * Orlando Patterson, John Cowles Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, USA *Important reading for anyone interested in writing about slavery and its historiographical traditions, this is a hugely ambitious and multifaceted book featuring interpretations of slavery by a number of historians writing from diverse historiographical, intellectual and analytical perspectives. Deliberately spanning wide chronological and geographical contexts, the authors included reflect upon a variety of theoretical, thematic and methodological approaches for exploring slavery. * Emily West, Professor of American History, University of Reading, UK *Writing the History of Slavery is a must-read for students and specialists of the history of slavery. This important book provides an accessible examination of the methodological challenges historians of slavery have been and are still confronted to and how the multifarious methods implemented to overcome them have influenced the historiography of slavery. * Lawrence Aje, Associate Professor of American History, Paul Valéry University of Montpellier, France *Table of ContentsPart I: Global approaches 1 Defining slavery in global perspective (David Lewis, University of Edinburgh, UK) 2 Writing global histories of slavery (Michael Zeuske, University of Cologne, Germany, University of Bonn, Germany, Universidad de la Habana, Cuba) 3 Slavery and empire (Trevor Burnard, University of Hull, UK) 4 The ‘Great Divergence’: Slavery, capitalism and world-economy, (Dale Tomich, Binghamton University, USA) 5 Approaches to global antislavery (Seymour Drescher, University of Pittsburgh, USA) 6 Comparative and transnational histories of slavery (Enrico Dal Lago, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland) Part II: Themes and methods 7 Political and legal histories of slavery (Sue Peabody, Washington State University, USA) 8 Writing national histories of slavery (Lewis Eliot, University of Oklahoma, USA) 9 Writing the religious history of the enslaved in the Atlantic World (Matt D. Childs, University of South Carolina, USA) 10 What historians of slavery write about when we write about race, (Jacqueline Jones, University of Texas at Austin, USA) 11 Gender history and slavery (David Stefan Doddington, Cardiff University, UK) 12 Dispossessed lives: Enslaved women, violence, and the archive, (Marisa J. Fuentes, Rutgers University, USA with an introduction from Elizabeth Maeve Barnes, University of Reading, UK) 13 Slavery, postcolonialism and the colonial archive, (Andrea Major, University of Leeds, UK) 14 Imagining slavery in Roman antiquity (K.R. Bradley, University of Notre Dame, USA) 15 Quantitative histories of slavery, (Andrea Livesey, Liverpool John Moores University, UK) 16 Psychohistory and slavery, (Patrick H. Breen, Providence College, USA) 17 Material culture, archaeology and slavery, (Lydia Wilson Marshall, DePauw University, USA) 18 Slavery and the cultural turn, (Raquel Kennon, California State University, Northridge, USA) 19 Re-tooling memory and memory tools: America’s ongoing re-memory of slavery, (Marcus Wood, University of Sussex, UK)

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Book SynopsisThis book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Muslims of slave origins, who belonged to the society in which they lived but whose slave background rendered them somehow alien.Trade Review'Incisively critical and refreshingly good humored, this is highly recommended for students and scholars of all levels.' - R. A. Miller, emerita, University of Massachusetts Boston, CHOICE

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Book SynopsisThis book shows that addressing crowded halls from Ayr to Aberdeen, Frederick Douglass gained the confidence, mastered the skills and fashioned the distinctive voice that transformed him as a campaigner.

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Book SynopsisThis book shows that addressing crowded halls from Ayr to Aberdeen, Frederick Douglass gained the confidence, mastered the skills and fashioned the distinctive voice that transformed him as a campaigner.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth examination of Scottish Romantic literary ideas on memory and their influence among various cultures in the British Atlantic.

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Book SynopsisThis critical edition documents Frederick Douglass's relationship with Britain through unexplored oratory and print culture.

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE ATWOOD GIBSON WRITERS' TRUST FICTION PRIZE 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD COSMOPOLITAN'S 10 BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOKS OF 2023'Fresh and propulsive . . . a veneration of those whose tales are often forgotten' New York Times'A mesmerizing, lyrical testament to the power of storytelling' Atwood Gibson Writer's Trust Fiction Prize judgesFreedom, you can't get and bury, and keep it and keep it so it won't ever go away. No, child.You got to swing your freedom like a club.In 1859, deep in the forests of Canada, an elderly woman sits behind bars. She came to Dunmore via the Underground Railroad to escape enslavement, but an American bounty hunter tracked her down. Now she's in jail for killing him, and the fragile peace of Dunmore, a town settled by people fleeing the American south, hangs by a thread. Lensinda Martin, a smart young reporter, wants to gather the woman's testimony before she can be condemned, but the old woman has no time for confessions. Instead she proposes a barter: a story for a story. As the women swap stories - of family and first loves, of survival and freedom against all odds - Lensinda must face her past. And it seems the old woman may carry a secret that could shape Lensinda's destiny. Travelling along the path of the Underground Railroad from the American South to British Canada, from the Indigenous nations around the Great Lakes, to the Black refugee communities of Canada, In the Upper Country is an unforgettable debut about the interwoven history of peoples in North America, slavery and resistance, and two women reckoning with the stories they've been given, and the ones they want to tell. Trade ReviewThe harshly real and the fantastic mingle in ways that recall Ta-Nehisi Coates's The Water Dancer and Esi Edugyan's Washington Black. What's most impressive is Thomas's imaginative power; sure-handed, often lyrical prose; and strong, complex, resilient women. An exceptional work that mines a rich historical vein * Kirkus, starred review *In the Upper Country is not only fiction alive with history; it is historic. This masterful novel is the first to narrate the forging of the Afro-Métis - or Black & Indigenous - people out of European (or Indigenous) enslavement . . . practically every page turns up a sentence or a phrase that could have been penned by Toni Morrison or James Baldwin -- George Elliot Clarke, critically acclaimed poet and novelistA sweeping epic that imagines all the ways our ancestors tried to get free. This is an exciting voice in fiction, as interested in the complexities of land and belonging as in the vagaries of human love and connection -- Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of LibertieTremendous . . . In the Upper Country enlightens and empowers in a way few other literary sagas can, by humanizing people who have long been historical footnotes and bringing their stories to the centre. Kai Thomas is a visionary, an advocate, and overall a groundbreaking storytelling voice who has now contributed a classic to this country's canon. This novel will resonate for generations to come -- Waubgeshig Rice, bestselling author of Moon of the Crusted SnowStories within stories; until I read them, I hadn't realised these are ones I'd long been wanting, needing even. In this remarkable debut, Kai Thomas fills out the picture of a place, a time, peoples and their relationships, all previously neglected in the day-to-day unfolding of the nations. His immensely compelling details, and a host of voices so well-wrought you can see and hear the speakers long after you've finished reading, will leave you eager to see what he'll do next -- Shani Mootoo, author of Polar VortexMesmerizing . . . at once intimate and majestic, Thomas's ambitious work heralds a bright new voice * Publishers Weekly, starred review *The old woman will tell her story, if Lensinda shares one of her own. Thus begins an incredible exchange that reveals an interconnected history of love and survival for the Black and Indigenous peoples of North America. * Book Riot *A Gothic-tinged puzzle box of a novel . . . there's undeniable force to the embedded stories and the historical truths they bring to vivid life * Toronto Star *Groundbreaking . . . This fascinating series of stories within stories reflects the fragmentary history of African and Indigenous people experiencing the effects of enslavement. Engrossing and intensely readable, this book represents just the beginning of a larger narrative, with many chapters yet to be told; very highly recommended * Library Journal *Exceptional . . . Kai Thomas deftly and compassionately braids deeply engrossing stories within stories that explore a little-known aspect of Canadian history. In the Upper Country is a mesmerizing, lyrical testament to the power of storytelling, as this is among the protagonists' tools for survival in a harsh reality rife with violence and dehumanization. -- 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Jury (francescaekwuyasi, Alix Hawley, MG Vassanji)

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Book SynopsisIn The Ledger and the Chain, prize-winning historian Joshua D. Rothman tells the disturbing story of the Franklin and Armfield company and the men who built it into the largest and most powerful slave trading company in the United States. In so doing, he reveals the central importance of the domestic slave trade to the development of American capitalism and the expansion of the American nation.Few slave traders were more successful than Isaac Franklin, John Armfield, and Rice Ballard, who ran Franklin and Armfield, and none were more influential. Drawing on source material from more than thirty archives in a dozen states, Rothman follows the three traders through their first meetings, the rise of their firm, and its eventual dissolution. Responsible for selling between 8,000 and 12,000 slaves from the Upper South to Deep South plantations over a period of eight years in the 1830s, they ran an extensive and innovative operation, with offices in New Orleans and Alexandria in Louisiana and Natchez in Mississippi. They advertised widely, borrowed heavily from bankers and other creditors, extended long term credit to their buyers, and had ships built to take slaves from Virginia down to New Orleans. Slavers are often misremembered as pariahs of more cultivated society, but as Rothman argues, the men who perpetrated the slave trade were respected members of prominent social and business communities and understood themselves as patriotic Americans.By tracing the lives and careers of the nation's most notorious slave traders, The Ledger and the Chain shows how their business skills and remorseless violence together made the malevolent entrepreneurialism of the slave trade. And it reveals how this horrific, ubiquitous trade in human beings shaped a growing nation and corrupted it in ways still powerfully felt today.

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Book SynopsisThe inspiring true story of an enslaved woman who liberated an infamous slave jail and transformed it into one of the nation's first HBCUs In The Devil's Half Acre, New York Times bestselling author Kristen Green draws on years of research to tell the extraordinary and little-known story of young Mary Lumpkin, an enslaved woman who blazed a path of liberation for thousands. She was forced to have the children of a brutal slave trader and live on the premises of his slave jail, known as the "Devil's Half Acre." When she inherited the jail after the death of her slaveholder, she transformed it into "God's Half Acre," a school where Black men could fulfil their dreams. It still exists today as Virginia Union University, one of America's first Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A sweeping narrative of a life in the margins of the American slave trade, The Devil's Half Acre brings Mary Lumpkin into the light. This is the story of the resilience of a woman on the path to freedom, her historic contributions, and her enduring legacy.

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Book Synopsis'...a fully grown man utterly broken by what he had experienced, physically and mentally exhausted with physical evidence showing the overt signs of the abuse he had been through.'This is how Kate Garbers met Riso, a man who had been trafficked and in forced labour for months, with no way out. Modern slavery is far closer than we think. Yet it is largely unseen and unknown to most of us - a crime against humanity hidden in plain sight.In this revealing exposé, Kate Garbers shares moving stories of survivors she has met and shares insights she has gained through over a decade of anti-slavery work. Survivor stories are complemented by a forensic account of how modern slavery works and the many forms it can take - from forced labour to organ harvesting - and how it is enabled to continue by our current laws and systems.Unseen Lives also provides a vision of hope for those looking to challenge and dismantle modern slavery, laying out what changes we need to make as individuals and as a society in order to effectively tackle modern slavery and improve the support of survivors.Trade ReviewAn inspiring, powerful memoir and a clear explanation of the development of modern slavery and the responses to it over the last twenty years. Written with humility and warmth, it demonstrates what an individual can do to really make a difference. -- Dame Sara Thornton DBE QPM, the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery CommissionerA beautifully written and eye-opening book that draws from the author's unique front-line experience over more than a decade. This is an absolutely essential read, full of engagement with survivors, deep research, and fresh ideas for how we can see, hear, understand and confront modern slavery in our society. -- Professor Zoe Trodd, Director of the Rights LabThis is a must read book for anyone who wants to understand one of the gravest problems of contemporary society. Kate has managed to give voice to the unseen, provoke and challenge us to understand how as ordinary citizens we are all deeply implicated in exploitation, trafficking and slavery, but at the same time she wants us to dig deeper and think about how to bring about change. Brilliant and hugely important. -- Samantha Knights QC, MatrixAn intelligent and authoritatively written book based on evidence. Every survivor is different, every agency has different thresholds and criteria and it is no surprise that we have a messy dysfunctional system tackling modern slavery.This book should be read by those who know very little, but also maybe more importantly by those who think they know it all. As a former Police & Crime Commissioner and magistrate, I recognise that the author brings clarity to a confused scenario. Solutions are neither clear nor straightforward. Victims have limited choices, or no choice. The least worst choice just reminds us that this is our responsibility to know more. All our agencies and the public need to know the signs, to listen to our gut feeling. The "them" and "us" are clearly articulated. Under different situations, "Us" could become "them". This book is not about "do gooding". It's not about telling victims what to do, it's about giving them the power to make choices with knowledge. -- Sue Mountstevens, Former Police and Crime Commissioner, Avon & Somerset, 2012-2021Kate's compelling case studies reveal the agonising decisions survivors and their support workers must face in a system fit for purpose on paper, but that in reality offers very little, and risks re-traumatisation, criminalisation and even in some cases re-trafficking. Her book's recommendations, including from survivors themselves, alongside her message of empathy provides a powerful guide for both the public and policymakers alike. -- Tamara Barnett, Director of Operations, Human Trafficking FoundationThis is a very personal moving story of the journey of one determined woman who decides that listening to the experiences of the victims of trafficking is not enough. Her response to the harrowing testimonies we read about is to set up the charity UNSEEN and champion the cause of victims to Government. Kate Garbers shows us that she is more than a campaigner as you will find when you read her book. She cares deeply and hopes that you will as well and then act. The question she is really posing to us all is will we? -- Lord Coaker of Gedling, Former Co Chair of All Party Parliamentary Modern Slavery Group

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Book SynopsisDuring the pitched battle over slavery in the United States, Black writers - enslaved and free - allied themselves with the cause of abolition and used their art to advocate for emancipation and to envision the end of slavery as a world-historical moment of possibility.These Black writers borrowed from the European tradition of Romanticism - lyric poetry, prophetic visions - to write, speak, and sing their hopes for what freedom might mean. At the same time, they voiced anxieties about the expansion of global capital and U.S. imperial power in the aftermath of slavery. They also focused on the ramifications of slavery's sexual violence. Authors like Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, George Moses Horton, Albery Allson Whitman, and Joshua McCarter Simpson conceived the Civil War as a revolutionary upheaval on par with Europe's stormy Age of Revolutions. The Black Romantic Revolution proposes that the Black Romantics' cultural innovations have shaped Black radical culture to this day, from the blues and hip hop to Black nationalism and Black feminism. Their expressions of love and rage, grief and determination, dreams and nightmares, still echo into our present.Trade ReviewWritten with deep and layered seriousness, and a healthy willingness to provoke and play, this impressive study reads Black poetry as profoundly political and as exceeding politics. Subtly theorized, especially via Black feminist theory, and attentive to changing imperatives of political coalition building, it nevertheless keeps the poets and the poetry front and center. The old surrealist insistence that poetry can be an emancipatory and creative activity emerges here not as an injunction but as one central aspect of lived history. -- David Roediger, author of How Race Survived US HistoryThe Black Romantic Revolution is well written, characterized by smoothly flowing prose that offers both clarity and nuance. Matt Sandler's meticulous attention to literary form and to cultural context produces a study full of surprises supported by concrete evidence. Above all, The Black Romantic Revolution takes its insights from the authors it examines. Quite deliberately, Sandler refuses to look at nineteenth-century African American poets through the lens of European Romanticism, allowing its ideals to ground arguments about Black writers' validity. Instead, he studies their choices so faithfully that he shows readers how early Black poets developed a Romanticism of their own. Sandler's readers will come to appreciate authors like Frances E. W. Harper and George Moses Horton - as well as the turbulent decades and complex cultural landscape to which they contributed - in truly unexpected ways. * Koritha Mitchell, author of From Slave Cabins to the White House and editor of Frances E. W. Harper's Iola Leroy *With uncommon verve, Matt Sandler correlates Romantic poetic idioms from the natural world regarding whirlwinds and the coming storm to those about revolution and the impending crisis from the political world. The Black Romantic Revolution has as a latent question what happens to our understanding of the long nineteenth-century when re-read through the optics of African American literary studies, historical poetics, and Romanticism. Sandler not only illustrates how African American poets extended the temporal and thematic scope of Romanticism but also how black American poets came to fulfill its political yearnings and aesthetic apotheosis. In so doing, Sandler offers a trenchant critique of, and necessary corrective to, the disciplinary formations that have heretofore failed to put into clearer view the shared horizons between "African American" and "Romanticism." -- Ivy G. Wilson, author of Specters of Democracy: Blackness and the Aesthetics of NationalismSandler has assembled a book featuring Black voices from pre-emancipation America. These poets were both free and enslaved and the book centers on their advocacy on emancipation, and their vision about what post-slavery America might be, prophesies that are still felt today. -- Sara Webster * Broooklyn Based *There's no doubt that The Black Romantic Revolution will serve as a valuable guide and resource for scholars who study nineteenth-century African American literature. Moreover, literary scholars interested in Transatlantic studies have much to gain by following Sandler connect the dots from Eurocentric Romanticism to Black American Romanticism. -- Howard Ramsby * Cultural Front *Thunderous, accessible ... Sandler challenges established ideas about the poets' relationship to Romanticism, but never gets bogged down in academic turf battles. Instead, he highlights the work, the poets and their political and cultural worlds, guiding readers through history, biography, theory and engaging close readings of the poems themselves. -- Alan Scherstuhl * Shelf Awareness (Starred Review) *The Black Romantic Revolution brings a somewhat unknown element of US literature further into the public consciousness. Sandler's prose illuminates some of the genre's important texts, placing the works and their creators in the political and literary moment they were composed. Simultaneously, he provides the reader with an understanding of the meaning these poets and their works hold for today, when the ongoing struggle for a genuine and lasting Black liberation from a legacy of US white supremacy remains disturbingly elusive. -- Ron Jacobs * CounterPunch *The Black Romantic Revolution is an example of generative scholarship that properly meets the weight of our moment...As Sandler uncovers the neglected artistic and political projects of 19th-century African American poets, he both builds the Western canon and Blackens it...In our moment, this Black work matters. -- Derik Smith * Los Angeles Review of Books *The Black Romantic Revolution does not simply expose the lies about freedom and abolition we have inherited from the 18th and 19th centuries; rather, [it turns] to the past to call forth lyrical alternatives to long-standing narratives about enlightenment and revolution. -- Manu Samriti Chander * Public Books *A glimpse into the ways that Black literary production has capaciously engaged itself beyond the rigid boundaries of genres and intended audiences. * Studies in Romanticism *

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Book Synopsis'Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' is perhaps the most famous phrase of all in the American Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson's momentous words are closely related to the French concept of 'liberte, egalite, fraternite'; and both ideas incarnate a notion of freedom as inalienable human right that in the modern world we expect to take for granted. In the ancient world, by contrast, the concepts of freedom and equality had little purchase. Athenians, Spartans and Romans all possessed slaves or helots (unfree bondsmen), and society was unequal at every stratum. Why, then, if modern society abominates slavery, does what antiquity thought about serfdom matter today? Page duBois shows that slavery, far from being extinct, is alive and well in the contemporary era. Slaves are associated not just with the Colosseum of ancient Rome but also with Californian labour factories and south Asian sweatshops, while young women and children appear increasingly vulnerable to sexual trafficking. Applying such modern experiences of bondage (economic or sexual) to slavery in antiquity, the author explores the writings on the subject of Aristotle, Plautus, Terence and Aristophanes. She also examines the case of Spartacus, famous leader of a Roman slave rebellion, and relates ancient notions of liberation to the all-too-common immigrant experience of enslavement to a globalized world of rampant corporatism and exploitative capitalism.

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Book SynopsisThe Slave Coast, situated in what is now the West African state of Benin, was the epicentre of the Atlantic Slave Trade. But it was also an inhospitable, surf-ridden coastline, subject to crashing breakers and devoid of permanent human settlement. Nor was it easily accessible from the interior due to a lagoon which ran parallel to the coast. The local inhabitants were not only sheltered against incursions from the sea, but were also locked off from it. Yet, paradoxically, it was this coastline that witnessed a thriving long-term commercial relation-ship between Europeans and Africans, based on the trans-Atlantic slave trade. How did it come about? How was it all organised? And how did the locals react to the opportunities these new trading relations offered them? The Kingdom of Dahomey is usually cited as the Slave Coast's archetypical slave raiding and slave trading polity. An inland realm, it was a latecomer to the slave trade, and simply incorporated a pre-existing system by dint of military prowess, which ultimately was to prove radically counterproductive. Fuglestad's book seeks to explain the Dahomean 'anomaly' and its impact on the Slave Coast's societies and polities.Trade Review'A well-paced narrative that is grounded in rich archives, attention to technical and infrastructural details, and rich secondary literature. The book successfully stresses the agency of Africans, those invited to participate in selling their fellow citizens, and connects its core issues to larger debates on commerce and profit, motivation and morality, activities and outcomes' -- Toyin Falola'This study obliges us to rethink many assumptions about the Atlantic slave trade and precolonial African societies. Reminding us how limited our historical knowledge of the Slave Coast is, Fuglestad nevertheless succeeds in presenting a plausible account of why so many Africans chose to participate in the "South Atlantic system".' -- Professor Adam Jones'Fuglestad confronts the uncomfortable fact that the abhorrent Atlantic slave trade was, in many respects, a series of transactions as well as a sequence of atrocities. This is a major contribution to African and Atlantic history based on painstaking archival research and a long-term scholarly engagement with the history of the region.' -- Richard Rathbone

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Book SynopsisWritten by the world's leading experts and campaigners, Modern Slavery: A Beginner's Guide blends original research with shocking first-hand accounts from slaves themselves around the world to reveal the truth behind one of the worst humanitarian crises facing us today. Only a handful of slaves are reached and freed each year, but the authors offer hope for the future with a global blueprint that proposes to end slavery in our lifetime All royalties will go to Free the Slaves.Trade Review"What is needed is nothing less than a new abolition movement, led by campaigners as determined as Douglass or Wilberforce. This timely and important book is its rallying call." * The Times *

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Book SynopsisBreaking the Maafa Chain chronicles two sisters' struggle for true freedom in the mid-nineteenth century, when transporting slaves from Africa to America was an illegal but lucrative businessNineteenth century-Two sisters, Fatmata and Salimatu, are captured and sold separately into slavery. Forced to change their names to Faith and Sarah, they end up in two different countries with opposite slavery laws. Faith ends up in America, where slavery is still legal and slaves don't have any rights. Sarah ends up in a Victorian England and as the goddaughter of Queen Victoria. Can the two sisters reclaim their freedom and identity in a world that is trying to break them down and mold them to its coloniser's will?Based on the true story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Breaking the Maafa Chain will take the readers on a journey of loss, survival, hope, identity and tradition.Trade ReviewPart fact, part fiction, Breaking the Maafa Chain is an important book, beautifully told. Domingo's premise is a bold and uncompromising one - taking what is known, the story of Salimatu, the 'black princess', Sarah Forbes Bonetta, and weaving through it the story of her fictionalised sister, Fatmata, Faith. Domingo makes an eloquent point: that although the sisters suffered different fates, both were unfree: Fatmata enslaved in North America and Salimatu gifted to Queen Victoria, and utterly at her whim.It is a story that has resonance today, where Meghan Markle was expected to shape herself to a white institution, to belong. * Guinevere Glasfurd *The story of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, extraordinary even in extraordinary times, known to some in Sierra Leone , though virtually unknown elsewhere. Now Anni Domingo has brought her vividly to life in this richly imagined and compellingly told tale. Breaking the Maafa Chain is a gift to readers everywhere. * Aminatta Forna *Anni Domingo's Breaking the Maafa Chain is so rich in detail and dialogue, it is simply seductive. She captures so well, a little girl, Salimatu, who recalls the security of her family life, who is transported to a bewildering future in England to become Sarah, where she has to stand strong and survive. Not only will this book be read for the sheer enjoyment of a beautifully written novel, but for the learning gained. It is a historical novel that cannot be ignored. * Kadija Sesay, Literary Activist, author of Irki *Anni Domingo brings great sensitivity to her fictionalised account of the remarkable young life of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, the 'African Princess', who became a god-daughter to Queen Victoria. The internal struggles of Salimatu (Sarah) are movingly explored as she struggles to remain true to her identity as an African after being taken from her homeland and brought to England as a gift from "the King of the Blacks to the Queen of the Whites." A comparable story is told of Salimatu's sister Fatmata (Faith) who is transported to the United States before emancipation. Carefully constructed with a keen eye for historical accuracy, Domingo reveals a compassionate and affectionate Queen Victoria who is devoted to her African god-daughter. This is also an epic story of two sisters who are separated towards the end of the transatlantic slave trade, but never forget each other. * Stephen Bourne, author of War to Windrush and Evelyn Dove *

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Book SynopsisBars Fight, a ballad telling the tale of an ambush by Native Americans on two families in 1746 in a Massachusetts meadow, is the oldest known work by an African-American author. Passed on orally until it was recorded in Josiah Gilbert Holland’s History of Western Massachusetts in 1855, the ballad is a landmark in the history of literature that should be on every book lover’s shelves.Trade Review'As the reader takes a cover page in each hand and fans out the pages of the concertina, she feels a whole history unfurl within her hands. Although small in size, Bars Fight is mighty in significance.' (Indie Insider) '[This] publication of Lucy Terry Prince’s Bars Fight is a stellar example of bringing a truly madly deeply neglected text back to life. Bravo!' (Neglected Books)

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Book SynopsisOne of the earliest known published works written by an African author, The Interesting Narrative was a groundbreaking memoir that helped pave the way for the abolition of slavery. In it, Equiano describes his early life in Africa, his abduction and his gruelling journey across the world on a slave ship. Published in London once Equiano had secured his freedom, the runaway success of the book led to his financial independence, and he toured England, Scotland and Ireland lecturing on the horrors described in the book, and he dedicated his life to advocating for the abolition of slavery. Forgotten until the 1960s, The Interesting Narrative has again shot to fame, and is now considered the most detailed account of a slave's life, exposing the trials of the long road to freedom.Trade Review'The appetite for Equiano and his memoir shows no signs of abating.' (The Times)

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Book SynopsisThe role and consequences of slavery in the history of Africa have been brought to the fore recently in historical, anthropological and archaeological research. Public remembrances - such as Abolition 2007 in Great Britain, which marked the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act and which this volume also commemorates - have also stimulated considerable interest. There is a growing realisation that enslavement, whether as part of a sliding scale of ''rights in persons'' or due to acts of violence, has a history on the African continent that extends back in time long before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.The nature of such enslavement is obscured by the lack of resolution in historical sources before the middle of the second millennium AD. Ground-breaking archaeological research is now building models for approaching slave labour systems via collaboration with historians and the critical scrutiny of historical data. Generally, such new research focuses at the landscape scalTrade Reviewin Africa thus stands as a major addition to the literature on the archaeology of Africaâs recent past, and will find a welcomehomeon the bookshelves of students of African history and comparative slavery alike. * J. Cameron Monroe, South African Archaeological Bulletin *Table of ContentsSECTION 1: SLAVE SYSTEMS OF PRODUCTION IN THE AFRICAN INTERIOR: CASE STUDIES FROM THE SUDANIC BELT ; SECTION 2: ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: EVIDENCE FROM AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE PASSAGE ; SECTION 3: ELUSIVE SLAVERY: DETECTING ENSLAVEMENT IN THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD OF EASTERN AFRICA ; SECTION 4: REMEMBERING SLAVERY: CONTEMPORARY PERCEPTIONS

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Book SynopsisA selection of 19th-century Barbary Coast captivity narratives. The accounts range from 1798 to 1904 and tell the stories of enslaved white Americans, whose plight became fodder for pro- and anti-slavery writers.

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Book SynopsisExplores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. This book considers the place of slaves in Plato's Meno, Aristotle's Politics, Aesop's Fables, Aristophanes' Wasps, and Euripides' Orestes.Trade Review"[This] timely and passionate book reinstates slaves at the center of the ancient household and psyche.... Page duBois has certainly achieved her stated goal in making it far more difficult for classicists anywhere to avoid looking ancient slaves in the face when examining the artifacts, literature, and thought of the societies which denied them liberty." - Edith Hall, Times Literary Supplement"

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Book SynopsisExplores both the material culture of slavery as well as its representation in literature. This book considers the place of slaves in Plato's Meno, Aristotle's Politics, Aesop's Fables, Aristophanes' Wasps, and Euripides' Orestes.Trade Review"[This] timely and passionate book reinstates slaves at the center of the ancient household and psyche.... Page duBois has certainly achieved her stated goal in making it far more difficult for classicists anywhere to avoid looking ancient slaves in the face when examining the artifacts, literature, and thought of the societies which denied them liberty." - Edith Hall, Times Literary Supplement"

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Book SynopsisShows the deep, broad, and continuous influence of slavery on America's fear and loathing of taxes. This book reveals how the heated battles over taxation, the power to tax, and the distribution of tax burdens were rooted not in debates over personal liberty but rather in the rights of slaveholders to hold human beings as property.Trade Review"For those seeking to understand complex and ever-changing systems of taxation, their relationship to local and national politics, and how the state and local systems were shaped by the 'peculiar institution,' this seminal and innovative investigation will provide many answers." - Loren Schweninger, American Historical Review "[Einhorn] tells what might have been a complicated story in an engaging and accessible manner. It is her contention that slavery and the reaction to it to a great extent shaped the kind of nation we are today, because it shaped the kind of tax policies we constructed to fund the kind of government we got.... Required reading for anyone who ponders the impact of slavery on our lives today." - James Srodes, Washington Times"

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Book SynopsisWhat, if anything, does figurative, political slavery have to do with transatlantic slavery? The author explores connections between political and chattel slavery by excavating the tradition of Western political thought that justifies actively opposing tyranny.Trade Review"Impressively researched, persuasively argued, and clearly written. Anyone who is concerned with freedom, tyranny, and servitude in the modern or ancient world would do well to read Arbitrary Rule." (Bryn Mawr Classical Review)

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