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Urbana, IL:: University of Illinois Press,, (1977). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a very good dust jacket(tear to upper edge).. First printing. The first appearance in translation of this passionate denunciation of slavery and the evils it spawned, written by Nabuco in 1883 and sent to his countrymen from exile. This work triggered a renewal of interest in abolition, and just a few years later, in 1888, slavery was ended. Introduction and extensive footnotes by Robert Conrad, the translator and editor. Map. Illustrated with photographs. Annotated suggestions for further reading. A title in the Blacks in the New World Series, edited by August Meier. xxv, 186 pp.

Kent, OH:: Kent State University Press, 1990.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. . First printing. The first scholarly biography of Wright. Extensive notes, bibliography, index. 280 pages.

Urbana and Chicago:: University of Illinois Press,, (1992). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (name blacked out on front endpaper, sunning to spine of dj, but overall a tight and clean copy). First printing. Winner of the 1991 Elliott Rudwick award. A discussion of three phases of slave resistance in the Anglo Americas. The first from the 1730s to the 1760s was usual sudden and violent and rooted in African ritual; the second from the late 1760s to the early 1800s involved plantation slaves who were conservative and wary, and the third from the 1760s through the first half of the 19th century was led by assimilated Blacks, artisans and drivers, who had developed skills both on and off teh plantations. The Southern Historian called this "A brilliant and provocative work of historical anthropology and a synthetic account of slavery that firmly places the subject in a comparative and longterm context... Mullin's three-part chronology of resistance and rebellion is… Read More

New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company, , 1998. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (some bleeding from the red cloth spine to the interior of the dj, not visible from the outside) . First printing. Produced in conjunction with the PBS series on slavery in America from the viewpoint of the Africans who were brought here as slaves. Illustrated with many photographs. Includes 12 short stories by Charles Johnson. SIGNED on the title page by BOTH Charles Johnson and Patricia Smith and uncommon thus. Howard Zinn described this as 'a magnificent achieverment, history at its suberb best , brilliantly researched, poetically written...' notes, index, 494 pp.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1998.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. Comprehensive biography of William Lloyd Garrison, the foremost political agitator and one of the most important American visionaries of the nineteenth century, a tireless fighter for abolition: for 35 years he edited and published 'The Liberator ' a weekly abolitionist newspaper in Boston. A National Book Award finalist. Photographs, Reference Notes, Index. xxi, 707 pp.

New York:: United States Publishers, , 1970. Hardcover -. Very good- in red cloth, ex-library, no dust jacket - fairly minor markings, some wear to the covers, contents clean. . Reprint. A title in the Yale Chronicles of America series, originally published in 1919. Index, 245 pp.

London:: Oxford University Press,, 1969.. Hardcover first edition -. NF/NF (pc.). First printing. An examination of the early history of the British anti-slavery movement, the attitudes of Britons in general to the Jamaica revolt of 1865 and to Reconstruction, but especially a study of how for 5 years, from 1863-68, the anti-slavery movement in England found a new cause and a new lease of life in the needs of the four million Negroes freed by the Civil War. 197 pgs, selected bibliography, index.

New York:: Cornell University Press,, (1989). Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. 1st trade paperback printing. Studies of six African American abolitionists all of whom persevered in the face of staggering oppresion: the fugitive slave Revered James W.C. Pennington, church leader and anti-slavery orator, recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Heidelberg; former Georgia slaves William and Ellen Craft who spent 19 years in exile as part of the British abolitionist movement; Jamaican born Robert Campbell, editor, author and businessman; North Carolina slave John Sella Martin, who was sold several times before escaping to the North; and New York born William Howard Day, newpaper publisher, political organizer and educator. Illustrated. Selected bibliography. Index. xviii, 417 pp.

New York:: Penguin,, (c 1971, 1977). Fine (as new). Trade paperback. The true story of the slave ship which was taken over by its captives in 1839. Bibliography, index, 183 pp.

New York:: Pantheon,, 1977.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with 'discard' stamped, missing front endpaper, but overall good condition in a very good dustjacket.. First printing. A brief but powerful account of the history of the African American slave from Africa into enslavement, from Virginia to Mississippi, and to emancipation.

New York:: Pantheon,, 1977.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dustjacket (faint remainder mark). First printing. A brief but powerful account of the history of the African American slave from Africa into enslavement, from Virginia to Mississippi, and to emancipation.

Boston:: Beacon,, 1968.. Good in stiff illustrated wrappers (some wear to the covers, contents clean).. First thus- a trade paperback. Novel originally written in 1936, the true story of a slave insurrection which failed. Includes a new and interesting introduction by the author. xv, 224 pp.

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1991. . Hardcover first edition -. F/NF. . First printing. Study of the armed resistance of free blacks in rural Pennsylvania to the Fugitive Slave Law. Illustrations, extensive notes, index.

New York:: Dutton,, 1961.. Hardcover first edition -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good dustjacket.. First printing. A combination of well-researched popular history and biographies of some of the New England abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, John Quincy Adams, The Reverend Theodore Parker, Abby Kelley Foster, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts who was violently beaten on the floor of the senate for speaking out against slavery, and more. Illustrated. Bibliography, index. 318 pp.

New York:: Dutton,, 1961.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (slight fading to spine of dj - a tight, clean copy.). First printing. A combination of well-researched popular history and biographies of some of the New England abolitionists, including William Lloyd Garrison, John Quincy Adams, The Reverend Theodore Parker, Abby Kelley Foster, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts who was violently beaten on the floor of the senate for speaking out against slavery, and more. Illustrated. Bibliography, index. 318 pp.

New York:: Norton,, 1994.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. An unusually detailed look at American slavery through extensive records maintained by Buffalo Forge in the Lexingon,Virginia area. Developed by two men from Pennsylvania (William Weaver during the war of 1812, and later Daniel Brady) the forge produced much of the iron used by the Confederacy during the Civil War. The Weaver-Brady records are unique in the details they provide about the day-to-day events of the slave community, including in addition to births and deaths, information about epidemics, crippling industrial accidents, the movement of slave patrols, the history of the Civil War and how the slaves reacted to freedom and more. Photographs, extensive notes, index. xviii, 429 pp.

New York:: Amistad / Harper Collins, , (2005). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) "The beginnings of slavery's denouement can be traced to a courageous band of ordinary Americans, black and white, slave and free, who joined forces to create what would come to be known as the Underground Railroad. . . The true story of the Underground Railroad is much more morally complex and politically divisive than even the myths suggest. Against a backdrop of the country's westward expansion arose a fierce clash of values that was nothing less than a war for the country's soul. Not since the American Revolution had the country engaged in an act of such vast and profound civil disobedience that not only challenged prevailing mores but also subverted federal law. 'Bound for Canaan' tells the stories of men and women like David Ruggles, who invented the black underground in New York City; bold Quakers like… Read More

New York:: Atheneum,, (1990). Hardcover -. Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a fine unmarked dust jacket.. 3rd printing. A book written for older children which describes the ways in which enslaved Black men and women resisted their slavery "Here the victims of injustice and cruelty speak for themselves: 'So galling was our bondage, that to escape from it, we suffered the loss of all things, and braved every peril, and endured every hardship,' a fugitive slave testifies. Famous mentors, such as Dred Scott, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, are vividly depicted, as are anonymous resisters: men and women who secretly preserved their African heritage; others who sent hidden messages to one another through drumbeats or took heart from the liberating themes of gospel songs; mothers who hid children in the woods to prevent the master from selling them. Several lengthy, informative chapters document black participation in the Civil War."… Read More

Baton Rouge:: Louisiana State University Press,, 1983.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The first full-scale study of the role African Americans played in building support for abolition in Great Britain - among those who travelled and spoke frequently were Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, the Crafts, Martin Delany, and others. Many were fugitive slaves lecturing on their experiences; others came to study at British universities, including Jesse Glasgow and McCune Smith. Bibliography, index. 237 pp.

New York:: Cornell University Press,, 1989.. Very good plus in wrappers (some scattered highlighting and marginal notes.). Trade paperback. The first full-scale study of the role African Americans played in building support for abolition in Great Britain - among those who travelled and spoke frequently were Frederick Douglass, William Wells Brown, the Crafts, Martin Delany, and others. Many were fugitive slaves lecturing on their experiences; others came to study at British universities, including Jesse Glasgow and McCune Smith. Bibliography, index.