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Master slave, husband wife : an epic journey from slavery to freedom

Woo, Ilyon, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Book

Call Number

306.362 WOO

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SD_ILS:670300

The white devil's daughters : the women who fought slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown

Siler, Julia Flynn, author.

Publication Date

2019

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Book

Call Number

306.3 SIL

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SD_ILS:489309

Policing Black lives : state violence in Canada from slavery to the present

Maynard, Robyn, 1987- author.

Publication Date

2017

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Book

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305.896071 MAY

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SD_ILS:448362

The stolen wealth of slavery : a case for reparations

Montero, David, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Book

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381.440973 MON

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SD_ILS:708146

Black ghost of empire : the long death of slavery and the failure of emancipation

Manjapra, Kris, 1978- author.

Publication Date

2022

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Book

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306.3620973 MAN

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SD_ILS:635833

How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America

Smith, Clint, author.

Publication Date

2021

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Book

Call Number

973.0496073 SMI

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SD_ILS:601309

Out of slavery : the journey to Amazing Grace

Granfield, Linda

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Book

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264.23092 GRA

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SD_ILS:204693

Prince among slaves : the remarkable true story of an African prince enslaved in Mississippi, and his journey home

Senzai, N. H., author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

Call Number

306.362 SEN

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SD_ILS:794106

Harriet Tubman : military scout and tenacious visionary : from her roots in Ghana to her legacy on the Eastern Shore

Wiesen, Jean Marie, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

973.7115 WIE

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SD_ILS:804122

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King of the North : Martin Luther King's life of struggle outside the South

Theoharis, Jeanne, author.

Publication Date

2025

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Book

Call Number

323 THE

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SD_ILS:802832

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The missing witness

Brennan, Allison, author.

Publication Date

2024

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BRE

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SD_ILS:703912

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A spy like me

Sherwood, Kim, 1989- author.

Publication Date

2024

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SHE

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SD_ILS:706613

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Works. Selections. Latin. 2018.

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