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Bury the chains : prophets and rebels in the fight to free an empire's slaves / by Hochschild, Adam;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Antislavery movements; Antislavery movements;
© c2005., Houghton Mifflin,
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Gateway to freedom : the hidden history of the underground railroad / by Foner, Eric,1943-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Underground railroad.;
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The invention of wings / by Kidd, Sue Monk.;
Includes bibliographical references."The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go beyond the record to flesh out the inner lives of all the characters, both real and imagined"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873; Antislavery movements; Feminists; Women's rights;
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Emancipation Day : celebrating freedom in Canada / by Henry, Natasha L.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Antislavery movements; Slavery; African Canadians; Black Canadians; Emancipation Day (Canada);
© c2010., Natural Heritage Books/Dundurn Press,
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The slave's cause : a history of abolition / by Sinha, Manisha,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Received historical wisdom casts abolitionists as bourgeois, mostly white reformers burdened by racial paternalism and economic conservatism. Manisha Sinha overturns this image, broadening her scope beyond the antebellum period usually associated with abolitionism and recasting it as a radical social movement in which men and women, black and white, free and enslaved found common ground in causes ranging from feminism and utopian socialism to anti-imperialism and efforts to defend the rights of labor. Drawing on extensive archival research, including newly discovered letters and pamphlets, Sinha documents the influence of the Haitian Revolution and the centrality of slave resistance in shaping the ideology and tactics of abolition. This book is a comprehensive history of the abolition movement in a transnational context. It illustrates how the abolitionist vision ultimately linked the slave's cause to the struggle to redefine American democracy and human rights across the globe.".
Subjects: Abolitionists; African Americans; Antislavery movements; Slavery;
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The Underground Railroad [videorecording] / by Atim, Sheila,1992-actor.; Crowther, Jihan,screenwriter.; Davis, Allison, (Producer),screenwriter,television producer.; De Landro, Valentine,illustrator.; Dillon, Chase W.,actor.; Edgerton, Joel,1974-actor.; Hechinger, Fred,actor.; Hoyt, Jacqueline,screenwriter.; Jenkins, Barry,1979-television director,screenwriter,author.; Mbedu, Thuso,1991-actor.; Mullan, Peter,actor.; Parker, Nathan C.,screenwriter.; Rush, Adrienne,screenwriter.; container of (work) :Jenkins, Barry,1979-Genesis.; television adaptation of (work):Whitehead, Colson,1969-Underground railroad.; Amazon Studios,production company.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;
Thuso Mbedu, Chase W. Dillon, Joel Edgerton, Fred Hechinger, Peter Mullan, Sheila Atim.Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television program in 2021.Cora, fleeing slavery, embarks on a treacherous quest for freedom and is menaced by violence, supported by a clandestine community fighting for liberation, and haunted by the people she loses along the way.14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Historical television programs.; Fugitive slaves; Underground Railroad; Antislavery movements;
For private home use only.
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Freedom ship : the uncharted history of escaping slavery by sea / by Rediker, Marcus,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad's long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship As many as 100,000 enslaved people fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South, finding safe harbor along a network of passageways across North America now known as the Underground Railroad. Yet imagery of fugitives ushered clandestinely from safe house to safe house fails to capture the full breadth of these harrowing journeys: many escapes took place not by land but by sea. Deeply researched and grippingly told, Freedom Ship offers a groundbreaking new look into the secret world of stowaways and the vessels that carried them to freedom across the North and into Canada. Sprawling through the intricate riverways of the Carolinas to the banks of the Chesapeake Bay to Boston's harbors, these tales illuminate the little-known stories of freedom seekers who turned their sights to the sea-among them the legendary abolitionist Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, one of the Underground Railroad's most famous architects. Marcus Rediker, one of the leading scholars of maritime history, puts his command of archival research on full display in this luminous portrait of the Atlantic waterfront as a place of conspiracy, mutiny, and liberation. Freedom Ship is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the complete story of one of North America's most significant historical moments"--
Subjects: Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Stowaways; 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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Mercy Street. [videorecording] / by Belcher, McKinley,III,actor.; Butz, Norbert Leo,actor.; Cole, Gary,1956-actor.; Cragg, Stephen,1950-television director.; Green, Walon,screenwriter.; Innes, Laura,1959-television director.; James, Hannah,actor.; Radnor, Josh,1974-actor.; Richman, Jason,screenwriter.; Rosemont, David A,television producer.; Winstead, Mary Elizabeth,actor.; Zabel, David,screenwriter.; Zakrzewski, Alex,television director.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.;
McKinley Belcher III, Josh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Gary Cole, Hannah James, Norbert Leo Butz.Season two picks up directly from the dramatic events and the end of the season one finale, continuing to explore the growing chaos within Alexandria, the complicated interpersonal dynamics of Dr. Foster, Nurse Mary and the Mansion House staff, the increasingly precarious position of the Green family and the changing predicament of the burgeoning black population.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Historical television programs.; Medical television programs.; Television series.; War television programs.; Antislavery movements; Slavery; Man-woman relationships; Nurses;
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Master slave husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom / by Woo, Ilyon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Presents the remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled white man and William posing as "his" slave.
Subjects: Biographies.; Craft, Ellen.; Craft, William.; Abolitionists; Antislavery movements; Fugitive slaves; Fugitive slaves; Racially mixed women; Slaves;
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