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The door of no return / by Alexander, Kwame.;
11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just an ordinary boy so he's hoping to finally prove himself in front of Ama and his friends in a swimming contest against his older, stronger cousin. But before this can take place, a festival comes to the villages of Upper and Lower Kwanta and Kofi's brother is chosen to represent Upper Kwanta in the wrestling contest. Encircled by cheering spectators and sounding drums, the two wrestlers from different villages kneel, ready to fight. You are only fine, until you are not. The match is over before it has barely begun, when the unthinkable-a sudden death-occurs. The river does not care how grown you are. As his world turns upside down, Kofi soon ends up in a fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels in verse.; Black people; Slave trade; Slave traders; African Americans; Slavery;
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Africatown : America's last slave ship and the community it created / by Tabor, Nick,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1860, a ship called the Clotilda was smuggled through the Alabama Gulf Coast, carrying the last group of enslaved people ever brought to the U.S. from West Africa. Five years later, the shipmates were emancipated, but they had no way of getting back home. Instead they created their own community outside the city of Mobile, where they spoke Yoruba and appointed their own leaders, a story chronicled in Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon. That community, Africatown, has endured to the present day, and many of the community residents are the shipmates' direct descendants. After many decades of neglect and a Jim Crow legal system that targeted the area for industrialization, the community is struggling to survive. Many community members believe the pollution from the heavy industry surrounding their homes has caused a cancer epidemic among residents, and companies are eyeing even more land for development. At the same time, after the discovery of the remains of the Clotilda in the riverbed nearby, a renewed effort is underway to create a living memorial to the community and the lives of the slaves who founded it. An evocative and epic story, Africatown charts the fraught history of America from those who were brought here as slaves but nevertheless established a home for themselves and their descendants in the face of persistent racism"--
Subjects: Clotilda (Ship); African Americans; Slavery; West Africans;
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The 1619 Project : a new origin story / by Roper, Caitlin,editor.; Silverman, Ilena,editor.; Silverstein, Jake,editor.; Hannah-Jones, Nikole,editor.; New York Times Company.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The animating idea of The 1619 Project is that our national narrative is more accurately told if we begin not on July 4, 1776, but in late August of 1619, when a ship arrived in Jamestown bearing a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival inaugurated a barbaric and unprecedented system of chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country's original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country's very origin. The 1619 Project tells this new origin story, placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are as a country. Orchestrated by the editors of The New York Times Magazine, led by MacArthur "genius" and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, this collection of essays and historical vignettes includes some of the most outstanding journalists, thinkers, and scholars of American history and culture--including Linda Villarosa, Jamelle Bouie, Jeneen Interlandi, Matthew Desmond, Wesley Morris, and Bryan Stevenson. Together, their work shows how the tendrils of 1619--of slavery and resistance to slavery--reach into every part of our contemporary culutre, from voting, housing and healthcare, to the way we sing and dance, the way we tell stories, and the way we worship. Interstitial works of flash fiction and poetry bring the history to life through the imaginative interpretations of some of our greatest writers. The 1619 Project ultimately sends a very strong message: We must have a clear vision of this history if we are to understand our present dilemmas. Only by reckoning with this difficult history and trying as hard as we can to undersand its powerful influence on our present, can we prepare ourselves for a more just future"--
Subjects: 1619 Project.; African Americans; Slavery;
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Slave narratives / by Tackach, James.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-181) and index.
Subjects: Slaves; African Americans in literature.; American prose literature; Slaves' writings, American.; Slavery in literature.;
© c2001, Greenhaven
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The attic child : a novel / by Jaye, Lola,author.;
Two children trapped in the same attic, almost a century apart, bound by a shared secret. Early 1900s London: Taken from his homeland, twelve-year-old Celestine spends most of the time locked away in the attic of a large house by the sea. The only time Celestine isn't bound by confines of the small space is when he is acting as an unpaid servant to English explorer Sir Richard Babbington, As the years pass, he desperately clings on to memories of his family in Africa, even as he struggles to remember his mother's face, and sometimes his real name ... 1974: Lowra, a young orphan girl born into wealth and privilege whose fortunes have now changed, finds herself trapped in the same attic. Searching for a ray of light in the darkness of the attic, Lowra finds under the floorboards an old-fashioned pen, a porcelain doll, a beaded necklace, and a message carved on the wall, written in an unidentifiable language. Providing comfort for her when all hope is lost, these clues will lead her to uncover the secrets of the attic.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Africans; Attics; Child slaves; Family secrets; Imprisonment; Orphans; Slavery;
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The Underground Railroad : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Women slaves; Slaves; Fugitive slaves; Slavery; Slave trade; Plantation life; Underground Railroad;
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Talking about freedom : celebrating emancipation day in Canada / by Henry, Natasha L.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Antislavery movements; Slavery; African Canadians; Black Canadians; Emancipation Day (Canada);
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The good lord bird [videorecording] / by television adaptation of (work):McBride, James,1957-Good lord bird.; Hawke, Ethan,1970-actor,creator.; Point-Du Jour, Hubert,actor.; Knapp, Beau,actor.; Showtime Entertainment,distributor.; Showtime Networks,production company.;
Ethan Hawke, Hubert Point-Du Jour, Beau Knapp.Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; War television programs.; Brown, John, 1800-1859; Fugitive slaves; Abolitionists; Slavery;
For private home use only.
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Chains / by Anderson, Laurie Halse.;
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War."Ages 10 up"--P. [4] of cover.LSCWinner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Spy stories.; Slavery; African Americans; Sisters; Spies;
© 2010, c2008., Simon & Schuster Children's Pub.,
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The ascent [electronic resource]. by Sony Computer Entertainment.;
Game.The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG, set on Veles, a packed cyberpunk world. Welcome to The Ascent Group arcology, a self-contained corporate-run metropolis, stretching high into the sky and filled with creatures from all over the galaxy. You play as a worker, enslaved by the company that owns you and everyone else in your district. You get things done; whatever menial task is given. One day, whilst sent on a routine assignment to make use of your skills with a cyberdeck, you are suddenly caught in a vortex of catastrophic events. The Ascent Group, the largest mega corporation on the planet, shuts down for unknown reasons, causing the automated security systems to go haywire. The survival of your district is threatened: rival corporations are trying to force appropriation and crime syndicates are looking to boost their black-market augmentation trade. You must take up arms to stop them from seizing control and embark on a new mission to find out what started it all. Explore the world of Veles, alone or with up to three friends, to find out what happened. Your ascent through the arcology will lead you across the path of the most impressive enemies but also unexpected alliances. Fully customize your character's appearance, skills, and abilities to match your playstyle and loot various weapons and gear as you grow stronger. Your ascent begins now.ESRB Content Rating: M, Mature, 17+ (Violence, blood and gore, sexual themes, strong language, drug reference).Blu-ray disc compatible with Playstation 4 console ; HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p ; in game surround sound ; 1-4 player online multiplayer (paid subscription and broadband internet connection required) ; 15 GB storage required ; online play optional ; PS4 Pro enhanced ; PS5 Upgrade available (When using a PS5 console, you may have the option to upgrade a disc or digital PS4 game to the digital PS5 version. Depending on the game, this upgrade may occur at no additional cost, may require a purchase, and may be available for a limited time. An internet connection and PS4 game disc is required.).
Subjects: Sony video games.; Action adventure video games.; First person shooter video games.; Video games.; Role playing video games.; Playstation 4 (Video game console); Video games.; Computer games.; Ascent (Game); Corporations; Slavery; Imaginary wars and battles; Computer adventure games;
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