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All awards · Topic: Slavery & Emancipation · Sorted by score · 204 books · filtered
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Frederick Douglass: Prophet of FreedomDavid W. Blight201846 pts5 wins8 listsSimon & SchusterBiographySlavery & Emancipation+2
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877Eric Foner198830 pts3 wins6 listsHarperCollinsHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
White Over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812Winthrop D. Jordan196828 pts4 wins4 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+3
Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of SlaveryLeon F. Litwack197924 pts3 wins3 listsKnopfHistoryReconstruction+2
Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North AmericaIra Berlin200024 pts3 wins5 listsHarvard University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great MigrationSteven Hahn200522 pts2 wins3 listsBelknap PressRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+3
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American SlaveryEric Foner200220 pts2 wins2 listsW. W. NortonHistorySlavery & Emancipation+2
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770–1823David Brion Davis197520 pts2 wins2 listsCornell University PressHistoryActivist Biography+2
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across AmericaClint Smith202220 pts3 wins4 listsLittle, BrownRace & EthnicityAmerican Civil War+2
Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and LowcountryPhilip D. Morgan199820 pts3 wins4 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressRace & EthnicityAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's SlavesAdam Hochschild200520 pts2 wins4 listsHoughton MifflinHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest BorderlandsJames F. Brooks200118 pts3 wins3 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New WorldGreg Grandin201418 pts2 wins3 listsMetropolitan BooksHistoryReconstruction+2
Neither Black nor White: Slavery and Race Relations in Brazil and the United StatesCarl N. Degler197118 pts2 wins3 listsMacmillanRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+2
The Problem of Slavery in Western CultureDavid Brion Davis196618 pts2 wins3 listsCornell University PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+2
Empire of Cotton: A Global HistorySven Beckert200418 pts1 wins3 listsPenguin BooksHistoryFood, Agriculture & Land+2
Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s through the Civil WarMelvin Ely200416 pts2 wins3 listsKnopfHistoryOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to FreedomIlyon Woo202316 pts1 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterRace & EthnicityFamily Biography+2
A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of RevolutionToby Green201916 pts1 wins5 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+2
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in AmericaAndrés Reséndez201714 pts1 wins2 listsHoughton Mifflin HarcourtHistoryIndigenous History+2
The Problem of Slavery in the Age of EmancipationDavid Brion Davis200614 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryReconstruction+2
Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work and the Family from Slavery to the PresentJacqueline Jones198514 pts1 wins2 listsBasic BooksRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+2
Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil WarEdda L. Fields-Black202512 pts1 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American RevolutionSimon Schama200512 pts1 wins2 listsRandom HouseHistoryBlack History & Culture+2
Albert Speer: His Battle with TruthGitta Sereny199512 pts3 wins3 listsKnopfBiographySlavery & Emancipation+3
The Crucible of Race: Black-White Relations in the American South since EmancipationJoel Williamson198412 pts2 wins3 listsOxford University PressRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+2
American Slavery–American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial VirginiaEdmund Morgan197512 pts2 wins3 listsW. W. NortonHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Plantation Goods: A Material History of American SlaverySeth Rockman202512 pts1 wins4 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War EraJacqueline Jones202410 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryCivil Rights & Racial Justice+2
Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave TradeHannah Durkin202410 pts1 wins1 listsHarperCollinsRace & EthnicityBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
Illusions of Emancipation: The Pursuit of Freedom and Equality in the Twilight of SlaveryJoseph P. Reidy202010 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in AmericaW. Caleb McDaniel202010 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+2
Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two IslandsHazel V. Carby201910 pts1 wins1 listsVerso BooksMemoir & AutobiographySlavery & Emancipation+3
Thomas Wyatt: The Heart's ForestSusan Brigden201210 pts1 wins1 listsFaber & FaberBiographyCourts & Trials+3
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War IIDouglas A. Blackmon200810 pts1 wins1 listsDoubledayRace & EthnicityReconstruction+2
I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground RailroadKarolyn Smardz Frost200710 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Freedom Bound: Law, Labor, and Civic Identity in Colonizing English AmericaChristopher Tomlins200610 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Dwelling Place: A Plantation EpicErskine Clarke200510 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717Alan Gallay200210 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible BeltChristine Leigh Heyrman199710 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Tumult and Silence at Second Creek: An Inquiry Into a Civil War Slave ConspiracyWinthrop D. Jordan199310 pts1 wins1 listsLSU PressHistoryScience & Discovery+3
Freedom, Vol. 1: Freedom in the Making of Western CultureOrlando Patterson199110 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil LibertiesMark E. Neely, Jr.199110 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+2
Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian SerfdomPeter Kolchin198710 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryLabor, Work & Organizing+2
The Free Women of Petersburg: Status and Culture in a Southern Town, 1784-1860Suzanne Lebsock198410 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+3
The Liberator: William Lloyd GarrisonJohn L. Thomas196310 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownHistoryReligion & Religious Movements+1
Slave Population and Economy in Jamaica, 1807-1834Barry W. Higman197710 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryLabor, Work & Organizing+3
The Transformation of Virginia, 1740–1790Rhys L. Isaac198310 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
The Diligent: A Voyage Through the Worlds of the Slave TradeRobert W. Harms200210 pts2 wins3 listsBasic BooksHistoryAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil WarAlice Baumgartner20208 pts2 wins2 listsBasic BooksHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Voices of the Enslaved: Love, Labor, and Longing in French LouisianaSophie White20198 pts2 wins2 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Freedom’s Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of RevolutionAda Ferrer20148 pts2 wins3 listsCambridge University PressHistoryLatin America & the Caribbean+2
Freedom Papers: An Atlantic Odyssey in the Age of EmancipationJean M. Hébrard, Rebecca J. Scott20128 pts2 wins2 listsHarvard University PressRace & EthnicityWorld War Ii+3
Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New WorldDavid Brion Davis20058 pts2 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryRegional & Local History+1
American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End WelfareJason DeParle20048 pts2 wins2 listsVikingPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Generations of Captivity: A History of African-American Slaves.Ira Berlin20038 pts2 wins2 listsBelknap PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, 1787-1804Laurent Dubois20048 pts2 wins2 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Traders in Men: Merchants and the Transformation of the Transatlantic Slave TradeNicholas Radburn20238 pts1 wins2 listsYale University PressHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The Bitter Road to Freedom: A New History of the Liberation of EuropeWilliam I. Hitchcock20088 pts1 wins2 listsFree PressHistoryBlack History & Culture+2
New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, and Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century ManhattanJill Lepore20058 pts1 wins2 listsKnopfHistoryConstitutional History+2
All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of SlaveryHenry Mayer19988 pts1 wins2 listsW. W. NortonBiographyBlack History & Culture+3
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume IV: From the American Revolution to World War IHugh Honour19908 pts1 wins2 listsHarvard University PressRace & EthnicityAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
Black Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint LouvertureSudhir Hazareesingh20208 pts0 wins2 listsAllen LaneBiographyAfrica & the African Diaspora+2
The Promise of the New South: Life After ReconstructionEdward L. Ayers19928 pts0 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryAmerican Civil War+2
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American SouthStephanie E. Jones-Rogers20196 pts1 wins2 listsYale University PressHistoryBlack History & Culture+3
The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the StraitsTiya Miles20176 pts1 wins2 listsThe New PressRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+2
Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's WakeJudith Weisenfeld20254 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressRace & EthnicitySlavery & Emancipation+3
After Palmares: Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of ZumbiMarc A. Hertzman20244 pts1 wins1 listsDuke University PressRace & EthnicityDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Atlantic Cataclysm: Rethinking the Atlantic Slave TradesDavid Eltis20244 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryEducation & Universities+3
Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United StatesMatthew D. Morrison20244 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressHistoryArt, Music & Performance+3
Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School LunchAndrea Freeman20244 pts1 wins1 listsMetropolitan BooksScienceImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Squanto: A Native OdysseyAndrew Lipman20244 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressBiographyIndigenous History+3
Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian RevolutionMarlene L. Daut20234 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistorySettler Colonialism+3
Disabilities of the Color Line: Redressing Antiblackness from Slavery to the PresentDennis Tyler20224 pts1 wins1 listsNew York University PressRace & EthnicityBlack History & Culture+3
Freedom Seekers: Escaping from Slavery in Restoration LondonSimon P. Newman20224 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceEmpire & Colonialism+2
Patchwork Freedoms: Law, Slavery, and Race beyond Cuba’s PlantationsAdriana Chira20224 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressRace & EthnicityFood, Agriculture & Land+3
The Women’s Fight: The Civil War’s Battles for Home, Freedom, and NationThavolia Glymph20224 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
A Question Of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation's Founding to the Civil WarWilliam G. Thomas III20214 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
American Mirror: The United States and Brazil in the Age of EmancipationRoberto Saba20214 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783–1850Alan Taylor20214 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and FreedomR. Isabela Morales20214 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Oil Palm: A Global HistoryJonathan E. Robins20214 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black AtlanticJennifer L. Morgan20214 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintSociety & CultureSlavery & Emancipation+3
The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial CaribbeanTessa Murphy20214 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Pennsylvania PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Mining Language: Racial Thinking, Indigenous Knowledge, and Colonial Metallurgy in the Early Modern Iberian WorldAllison Margaret Bigelow20204 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySettler Colonialism+3
American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light, 1750–1865Jeremy Zallen20194 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee CampsAmy Murrell Taylor20184 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
A Thirst for Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern WorldErika Rappaport20174 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Freedom’s Debtors: British Antislavery in Sierra Leone in the Age of RevolutionPadraic Scanlan20174 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryCourts & Trials+3
The Vanishing Middle Class: Prejudice and Power in a Dual EconomyPeter Temin20174 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressBusiness & EconomicsSlavery & Emancipation+3
Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640David Wheat20164 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
The Slave's Cause: A History of AbolitionManisha Sinha20164 pts1 wins2 listsYale University PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Slave against Slave: Plantation Violence in the Old SouthJeff Forret20154 pts1 wins2 listsLSU PressHistoryReconstruction+3
Final Passages: The Intercolonial Slave Trade of British America, 1619-1807Gregory O’Malley20144 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryRegional & Local History+1
The Half Has Never Been ToldEdward E. Baptist20144 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Home Front: Daily Life in the Civil War NorthPeter John Brownlee, Sarah Burns, Diane Dillon, Daniel Greene,, Scott Manning Stevens20134 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Word By Word: Emancipation and the Act of WritingChristopher Hager20134 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressArts & CriticismBlack History & Culture+3
America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the UnionFergus M. Bordewich20124 pts1 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryAmerican Politics+3
Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of the Atlantic WorldJames H. Sweet20114 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressBiographyBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
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All awards · Topic: Slavery & Emancipation · Sorted by score · 204 books · filtered