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Slavery is just a nasty historical fact from early America, right? Not even. "Slavery isn't history," this site notes, "there are still over 27 million people held in bondage today. It's a modern human rights crisis that has only begun to be addressed. Learn more about this grave injustice and find out what you can do." And no, it's not just in Africa, or just in Asia, or just anywhere: it's happening many places -- including the U.S. -- right now. From This is True for 14 January 2007 Suggestions for further reading:
 by Annette Gordon-Reed Amazon Price: $12.89 Customer Review: I am fascinated the person Thomas Jefferson. Sally Hemings must have been also an extraordinary woman, having kept the affection and quasi-wedding with such a high spirited statesman. Puzzling is the position of slave/master/lover/mother, as we...  by Lawrence Hill Amazon Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Many of us will remember being moved to tears by the power and depth of "Roots", Alex Haley's compelling novel on the slave trade that was published almost 40 years ago. Lawrence Hill's "Someone Knows My Name" (published as "The Book of Negroes" in C...  by Harriet Beecher Stowe Amazon Price: $4.00 Customer Review: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is a book that offers a glimpse into the institution of slavery. The storyline depicts the lives of plantation farmers and their slaves during the Antebellum Period. Mr. Shelby, a Kentucky farme...  by Ellen Levine Amazon Price: $11.55 Customer Review: This book is truly beautiful. I'm so glad I bought it. The illustrations are gorgeous and compliment the intesity of the story beautifully. The story, while sad, is a truthful representation of a dark part of our history. It is so hard to find ap...  by Laurie Halse Anderson Amazon Price: $6.99 Customer Review: One Line Summary: Which side to join? The patriots or loyalists when one is a slave. I liked this book. It was a little slow to start with but picked up towards the middle. We follow slave Isabel and her little sister Ruth from the death... Newsfeed display by CaRP |
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