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  • From the Fiery Furnace to the Promise Land

    Stories of a Tennessee Reconstruction Community

    The Promise Land community, a small village west of Nashville, Tennessee was founded after the Civil War by people who had been enslaved at the Cumberland Iron Furnace. These early settlers, who included United States Colored Troops veterans, were able to purchase land and establish Black‑owned businesses. This afforded the community a level of stability that defies conventional wisdom about the ... Leer más

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  • What Was the Underground Railroad?

    Ilustraciones de Lauren Mortimer ...
    Series series What Was?
    No one knows where the term Underground Railroad came from--there were no trains or tracks, only "conductors" who helped escaping slaves to freedom. Including real stories about "passengers" on the "Railroad," this book chronicles slaves' close calls with bounty hunters, exhausting struggles on the road, and what they sacrificed for freedom. With 80 black-and-white illustrations throughout and a ... Leer más

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  • Forbidden Fruit

    Love Stories from the Underground Railroad

    de Betty DeRamus ...
    Forbidden Fruit is a collection of fascinating, largely untold tales of ordinary men and women who faced mobs, bloodhounds, bounty hunters, and bullets to be together**—**and defy a system that categorized blacks not only as servants, but as property.In the true love stories of Forbidden Fruit, you will meet sixteen couples who fought for love—love between slaves, between slaves and masters, and ... Leer más

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  • Last Seen

    The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families

    “[A] meticulously excavated tribute to the formerly enslaved mothers, fathers, siblings, and kin who published ‘last seen’ advertisements in search of loved ones stolen from them in bondage…a vital work of recovery.” —Ilyon Woo, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Master, Slave, Husband, WifeDrawing from an archive of nearly five thousand letters and advertisements, the riveting, “heartbreaking, and ... Leer más

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  • Freedom by Any Means

    Con Games, Voodoo Schemes, True Love and Lawsuits on the Underground Railroad

    de Betty DeRamus ...
    Following up Betty DeRamus’s Essence bestselling Forbidden Fruit, Freedom by Any Means follows the story of extraordinary acts of courage and love by Blacks in the American slave era with beautifully written and inspiring stories of how slaves used the law**—against all odds—**to gain freedom for themselv... ... Leer más

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  • Sleeping with the Ancestors

    How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

    In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep in former slave dwellings—revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America.**"Thought-provoking." —**New York TimesSince founding the Slave Dwelling Project project in 2010, historic preservationist Joseph McGill Jr. has been touring the ... Leer más

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  • African Americans of Jefferson County

    Series series Images of America
    Jefferson County can proudly claim a large number of firsts when it comes to African Americans in national history. The raid to free slaves that served as a catalyst for the Civil War was led by abolitionist John Brown in Harpers Ferry. The first man wounded in the rebellion was Heyward Shepherd, a free African American and a Jefferson County resident. Pres. Abraham Lincoln appointed Jefferson ... Leer más

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  • A Hudson Valley Reckoning

    Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family

    A Hudson Valley Reckoning tells the long-ignored story of slavery's history in upstate New York through Debra Bruno's absorbing chronicle that uncovers her Dutch ancestors' slave-holding past and leads to a deep connection with the descendants of the enslaved people her family owned.Bruno, who grew up in New York's Hudson Valley knowing little about her Dutch heritage, was shaken when a historian ... Leer más

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  • Independent Dames

    What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution (with audio recording)

    Ilustraciones de Matt Faulkner ...
    This engaging, informative picture book shines a light on the women and girls of the American Revolution and the vital roles they played in shaping history.Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led and fought during the American Revolution; but did you know that the guys only make up part of the story? What about the women? The girls? The dames? Didn't they play a part?Of course they ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Wayne County's Lost River Settlements

    & the Papers of H.Y. Mabrey

    Wayne Countys Lost River Settlements is a history of six hamlets in southeastern Missouri that were destroyed by the government to clear the landscape for development of Lake Wappapello on the St. Francis River in the late 1930s. Several of the profitable river bottom homesteads had been in the families for well over 100 years, but with nothing else to do the evicted farmers moved on reluctantly ... Leer más

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  • Chambers County

    Series series Images of America
    Chambers County, created in 1832, embraces the southernmost hills and streams of the Piedmont Plateau and sections of the Chattahoochee River to the east and the Tallapoosa River to the west. Cotton cultivation and textile manufacturing propelled the trajectory of the first 150 years in the county. Images of America: Chambers County presents an array of images of places and people who began life ... Leer más

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  • Washington

    Series series Images of America
    Located on the Southwest Trail that connected St. Louis to Texas, the town of Washington was established in 1824 in the southwest corner of Arkansas. Named after the first president of the United States, Washington is an example of a true American town with the city streets bearing the names of famous countrymen. American icons such as James Bowie, Sam Houston, and Davy Crockett all passed through ... Leer más

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