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1	Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II more books like this by Douglas A Blackmon add to wishlist Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history, the late 1870s through the 1940s when thousands of African-American men were arbitrarily arrested, hit with fines, charged for room and board in state and county jails, and then forced to work off the debt as unpaid laborers. see all copies from £6.74! new only from £6.78!
2	Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade--And How We Can Fight It more books like this by David Batstone add to wishlist Award-winning journalist David Batstone reveals the story of a new generation of 21st century abolitionists and their heroic campaign to put an end to human bondage. In his accessible and inspiring book "Not For Sale", Batstone carefully weaves the narratives of activists and those in bondage in a way that not only raises awareness of the modern ... see all copies from £5.51! new only from £5.51! \| first editions
3	From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans more books like this by John Hope Franklin add to wishlist This classic in African American studies was first published in 1947; it has been a standard text ever since, and has been revised several times. Professors Franklin and Moss provide a comprehensive survey of the African American experience--including slavery, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights movement--and highlight movements of self ... see all copies from £6.11! new only from £28.59!
4	Twelve Years a Slave more books like this by Solomon Northup add to wishlist Gripping autobiography presents exceptionally detailed and accurate description of slave life and plantation society. "A moving, vital testament . . ."--"Saturday Review." 7 illus. see all copies from £4.82! new only from £4.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World more books like this by David Brion Davis add to wishlist David Brion Davis has long been recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western World. His books have won every major history award - including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award - and he has been universally praised for his prodigious research, his brilliant analytical skill, and his rich and powerful prose. Now, in ... see all copies from £6.92! new only from £8.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	A Crime So Monstrous: Face-To-Face with Modern-Day Slavery more books like this by E Benjamin Skinner add to wishlist Based on four years of research in over a dozen countries across the globe, journalist Skinner provides a shocking expos of the inner workings of the modern-day slave trade. Maps. see all copies from £4.96! new only from £4.96! \| first editions
7	Roll, Jordan, roll; the world the slaves made more books like this by Eugene D. Genovese add to wishlist see all copies from £6.48! new only from £10.71! \| first editions
8	Slavery: A Problem in American Institutional and Intellectual Life more books like this by Stanley M Elkins add to wishlist This third edition of Stanley M. Elkin's classic study offers two new chapters by the author. The first, "Slavery and Ideology," considers the discussion and criticism occasioned by this controversial work. Elkins amplifies his original purpose in writing the book and takes into consideration the substantial body of critical commentary. He also ... see all copies from £3.46! new only from £19.48! \| first editions
9	Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves more books like this by Kevin Bales add to wishlist In his 1999 book, "Disposable People," Kevin Bales brought to light the shocking fact of modern slavery and described how, nearly two hundred years after the slave trade was abolished (legal slavery would have to wait another fifty years), global slavery stubbornly persists. In "Ending Slavery," Bales again grapples with the struggle to end this ... see all copies from £5.66! new only from £7.70! \| first editions
10	The Slave Ship: A Human History more books like this by Marcus Rediker add to wishlist Much is known of the American slave trade, but little of the ships that had made it all possible. Award-winning historian Rediker draws on 30 years of research in maritime archives to create an unprecedented history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. see all copies from £6.87! new only from £6.91! \| first editions
11 view cover	Slavery and the Making of America more books like this by James Oliver Horton, Lois E Horton add to wishlist The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply ... see all copies from £8.51! new only from £11.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy more books like this by K Bales add to wishlist Slavery is illegal throughout the world, yet more than twenty-seven million people are still trapped in one of history's oldest social institutions. Kevin Bales' disturbing story of slavery today reaches from brick kilns in Pakistan and brothels in Thailand to the offices of multinational corporations. His investigation of conditions in Mauritania ... see all copies from £7.43! new only from £10.56! \| signed copies
13 view cover	Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South more books like this by Kenneth M Stampp add to wishlist The classic study of American slavery as a deliberately chosen, practical system of controlling and exploiting labor. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £7.43! \| first editions
14 view cover	Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Day Slavery more books like this by Jesse Sage (Editor), Liora Kasten (Editor), Gloria Steinem (Foreword by) add to wishlist Twenty-seven million people are estimated to be held in slavery around the world today. This collection of first-hand accounts will raise awareness and show how slavery is thriving in the twenty first century. From poverty-stricken countries to affluent American suburbs, slaves toil as sweatshop workers, sex slaves, migrant workers, domestic ... see all copies from £2.55! new only from £2.60! \| first editions
15 view cover	Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America more books like this by Ira Berlin add to wishlist A major historical study of two centuries of African-American experience in America during slavery. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £11.76! \| first editions
16 view cover	New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan more books like this by Jill Lepore add to wishlist This stunning historical account of a forgotten chapter of New York City history examines the events of 1741 when, following a string of fires in buildings owned by wealthy people, a rumor of a slave rebellion spread through the city. As a result, African Americans were tried and convicted, burned at the stake, hanged, deported to the Caribbean, ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.44! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Black Majority: Negroes in Colonial South Carolina from 1670 Through the Stono Rebellion more books like this by Peter H Wood add to wishlist Reissued in paperback, this groundbreaking study of two cultures in early America is "easily the most thorough and the most penetrating case study yet written of the Afro-American population during the slave period . . . Fascinating and instructive".--Jack P. Green. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £11.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	The White Man's Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States more books like this by Winthrop D Jordan add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.91! \| first editions
19 view cover	Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves more books like this by Ira Berlin add to wishlist Ira Berlin traces the history of African-American slavery in the United States from its beginnings in the 17th century to its fiery demise nearly 300 years later. Most Americans, black and white, have a singular vision of slavery, one fixed in the mid-19th century when most American slaves grew cotton, resided in the deep South and subscribed to ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £13.93! \| first editions
20 view cover	Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust more books like this by John Henrik Clarke add to wishlist see all copies from £4.20! new only from £4.20!
21	From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans more books like this by John Hope Franklin add to wishlist This classic in African American studies was first published in 1947; it has been a standard text ever since, and has been revised several times. Professors Franklin and Moss provide a comprehensive survey of the African American experience--including slavery, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights movement--and highlight movements of self ... see all copies from £5.57! first editions
22 view cover	Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power more books like this by Garry Wills add to wishlist Thomas Jefferson won the election of 1800, although John Adams actually received more votes. The makeup of the electoral college was the deciding factor. Historian Garry Wills looks at how Jefferson benefited from the fact that slave-holding states had representation based on the three-fifths rule, and it was those states which tipped the tally in ... see all copies from £1.56! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	White Cargo: The Forgotten History of Britain's White Slaves in America more books like this by Don Jordan add to wishlist "White Cargo" is the forgotten story of the thousands of Britons who lived and died in bondage in Britain's American colonies. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, 300,000 or more people became slaves there in all but name. Urchins were swept up from London's streets to labour in the tobacco fields, where life expectancy was no more than ... see all copies from £5.33! new only from £5.33!
24 view cover	The Atlantic Slave Trade more books like this by David Northrup add to wishlist A volume in the Problems in World History series, this book features a variety of secondary-source essays that are carefully edited for both content and length, making this single volume a convenient alternative to course packets or multiple monographs. Most often used as a supplementary text for upper-level courses, The Atlantic Slave Trade ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £23.49!
25 view cover	White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812 more books like this by Winthrop D Jordan add to wishlist Originally published in 1968 by UNC Press, "White over Black" is Winthrop Jordan's award winning work on the history of American race relations. see all copies from £6.87! new only from £6.87! \| first editions

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