12 Essential Books About Slavery in America
These eye-opening books will transport you to the darkest era of American history.
By
MacKenzie Stuart | Updated Jan 23, 2020 | Published Feb 5, 2019
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Bullwhip Days
By James Mellon
Slavery and Public History
By James Oliver Horton and Lois E. Horton
The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist
By Deirdre O'Connell
Slave Labor in the Capital
By Bob Arnebeck
Twelve Years a Slave
By Solomon Northup
Harriet Tubman
By Ann Petry
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By Frederick Douglass
A Slave No More
By David W. Blight
The Half Has Never Been Told
By Edward E. Baptist
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The Peculiar Institution
By Kenneth M. Stampp
Celia, A Slave
By Melton A. McLaurin
Never Caught
By Erica Armstrong Dunbar
