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Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-06-24 - Publisher: St. Martin's Press
For thousands of years, slavery went unchallenged in principle. Then in a single century, slavery was abolished and more than seven million slaves were freed. G
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Pages: 216
Pages: 216
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The past half-century has produced a mass of information regarding slave resistance, ranging from individual acts of disobedience to massive uprisings. Many of
Language: en
Pages: 288
Pages: 288
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-12 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Finalist for the 2022 Lincoln Prize An award-winning scholar uncovers the guiding principles of Lincoln’s antislavery strategies. The long and turning path to
Language: en
Pages: 406
Pages: 406
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-23 - Publisher: University of Texas Press
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