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Author: Michael JordanCondition: NewFormat: HardbackPages: 256Publisher: The History Press LtdYear: 2005ISBN: 9780750934909
Britons may very well never be slaves, but British rule certainly meant slavery for others. Michael Jordan's book explores the personalities and the issues behind the movement to abolish first the slave trade and later the condition of slavery.
The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture.
Sarah Forsyth is a survivor. This is her heartbreaking story.
Describes the life of Solomon Northup, a free Black man from Saratoga, N.Y., who was kidnapped in 1841 and forced into slavery in Louisiana for twelve years.