Richard Kreitner’s deeply researched book about the Civil War era illuminates the lives of six Jewish Americans and their ...

Slavery in America didn’t end 150 years ago, with Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Based on Douglas A. Blackmon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, the film illuminates how in ...

Among the dark legacies of slavery in America was the sundering of black ... In her groundbreaking but sometimes unfocused book, she underlines both the lasting trauma of the ruthless shattering ...

Preachers like John Marrant proclaimed the gospel across cultures. But the persistence—and defense—of slavery challenged ...

C‑SPAN.org offers links to books featured on the C‑SPAN networks ... Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave Written by Himself. Ms. Davis explored the abolitionist's ...

There are two decidedly different camps when it comes to the American experience: Some people are honest about our history, ...

Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998. _____. Slaves without Masters: The Free Negro in the ...

In Chained to History, Prof. Brady (George Washington) addresses the critical topic of slavery in its complete scope and shows the how the practice of human bondage significantly impacted American ...

Associate Professor of History Cynthia Lynn Lyerly and BC alumna Bethany Jay's book about American slavery is honored by the American Historical Association The controversy over slavery’s history in, ...

This domestic slave trade devastated black families. American-born slaves were torn ... In 1781, Thomas Jefferson wrote his only book, Notes on the State of Virginia. His description of the ...