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Hardcover:

9780837106168 | Greenwood Pub Group, June 1, 1956, cover price $25.00

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Draws on archival recordings to document the lives of slaves and their adjustment to freedom.
By Ira Berlin (editor), Marc Favreau (editor) and Steven F. Miller (editor)

Hardcover:

9781565844254 | Har/cas edition (New Pr, October 1, 1998), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Draws on archival recordings to document the lives of slaves and their adjustment to freedom

Paperback:

9781565845879 | New Pr, April 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Draws on archival recordings to document the lives of slaves and their adjustment to freedom.
9780062733436, titled "Gary Gillette's Baseball Companion 1995" | Harpercollins, February 1, 1995, cover price $14.00 | also contains Gary Gillette''s Baseball Companion 1995

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Product Description: An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materialsThe preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838, how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and driver, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die...read more

Paperback:

9780143107309, titled "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" | Updated edition (Penguin Classics, January 28, 2014), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: An updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materialsThe preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838, how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and driver, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die.
9780497257620 | Icon Group Intl Inc, March 31, 2006, cover price $18.95
9780497262402 | Icon Group Intl Inc, March 31, 2006, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: This edition is written in English.

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Product Description: This concise biography of Harriet Tubman, the African American abolitionist, explores her various roles as an Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War scout and nurse, and women's rights advocate.• Maps and detailed descriptions of the major Underground Railroad routes Tubman used in guiding fugitives to freedom• 24 primary source excerpts from newspapers, contemporary correspondence, and Tubman's military records• 13 photograph...read more

Hardcover:

9780313348815 | Greenwood Pub Group, February 2, 2011, cover price $39.00 | About this edition: This concise biography of Harriet Tubman, the African American abolitionist, explores her various roles as an Underground Railroad conductor, Civil War scout and nurse, and women's rights advocate.

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Paperback:

9780199754083 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, October 28, 2010), cover price $28.95

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Product Description: The true story behind the acclaimed movie 12 Years a Slave, this book is based on the life of Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who was captured in the United States and sold into slavery in Louisiana.   Solomon Northup awoke in the middle of the night with his body trembling...read more

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9781426309380 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, January 10, 2012, cover price $27.90 | About this edition: The true story behind the acclaimed movie 12 Years a Slave, this book is based on the life of Solomon Northup, a free black man from New York who was captured in the United States and sold into slavery in Louisiana.

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Product Description: Powerful True Story of a Twentieth-Century Plantation SlaveOver fifty years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Robert Sadler was sold into slavery at the age of five--by his own father. This is the no-holds-barred tale of those dark days, his quest for freedom, and the determination to serve others born out of his experience...read more
By Marie Chapian (contributor) and Robert Sadler

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9780764209406 | Reprint edition (Bethany House Pub, January 1, 2012), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Powerful True Story of a Twentieth-Century Plantation SlaveOver fifty years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Robert Sadler was sold into slavery at the age of five--by his own father.

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Four former slaves describe their experiences in captivity and portray the harsh conditions faced by the slaves in everyday life.

Paperback:

9780451532138 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, January 3, 2012), cover price $7.95 | also contains The Classic Slave Narratives
9780451528247 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, January 1, 2002), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Four former slaves describe their experiences in captivity and portray the harsh conditions faced by the slaves in everyday life.

Reinforced:

9780606240161 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $15.60 | also contains The Classic Slave Narratives

Prebinding:

9781417739172, titled "Classic Slave Narratives" | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2002, cover price $18.45 | also contains The Classic Slave Narratives

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Four former slaves describe their experiences in captivity and portray the harsh conditions faced by the slaves in everyday life

Paperback:

9780451532138 | Reissue edition (Signet Classic, January 3, 2012), cover price $7.95 | also contains The Classic Slave Narratives
9780451627261 | Reissue edition (New Amer Library, September 1, 1987), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Four former slaves describe their experiences in captivity and portray the harsh conditions faced by the slaves in everyday life
9780451625649 | Signet Classic, September 1, 1987, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Four former slaves describe their experiences in captivity and portray the harsh conditions faced by the slaves in everyday life

Reinforced:

9780606240161 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $15.60 | also contains The Classic Slave Narratives

Prebinding:

9781417739172, titled "Classic Slave Narratives" | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2002, cover price $18.45 | also contains The Classic Slave Narratives

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Hardcover:

9781426309373 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, January 10, 2012, cover price $18.95

Paperback:

9781426318351 | Reprint edition (Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, January 28, 2014), cover price $9.99

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Product Description: Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland, in February, 1818. From these humble beginnings, Douglass went on to become a world-famous orator, newspaper editor, and champion of the rights of women and African Americans...read more

Hardcover:

9780415891110 | Routledge, August 27, 2012, cover price $130.00 | About this edition: Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland, in February, 1818.

Paperback:

9780415891127 | Routledge, August 27, 2012, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Frederick Douglass was born a slave in Talbot County, Maryland, in February, 1818.

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Product Description: Unusual book

Hardcover:

9781435136649 | Gardners Books, December 12, 2012, cover price $13.40 | About this edition: Unusual book

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Product Description: Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada. Born Elijah Turner in the Virginia Tidewater, circa 1810, the author eventually procured freedom papers from a man he resembled and took the man’s name, Henry Goings...read more
By Edward Gaynor (editor)

Hardcover:

9780813932385 | Univ of Virginia Pr, February 27, 2012, cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada.

Paperback:

9780813932392 | Reprint edition (Univ of Virginia Pr, August 8, 2013), cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Rambles of a Runaway from Southern Slavery tells of an extraordinary life in and out of slavery in the United States and Canada.

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Product Description: A companion to the classic African-American autobiographical narrative, Twelve Years A Slave, this work presents fascinating new information about the 1841 kidnapping, 1853 rescue, and pre- and post-slavery life of Solomon Northup...read more

Hardcover:

9781440829741 | 1 edition (Praeger Pub Text, August 12, 2013), cover price $48.00 | About this edition: A companion to the classic African-American autobiographical narrative, Twelve Years A Slave, this work presents fascinating new information about the 1841 kidnapping, 1853 rescue, and pre- and post-slavery life of Solomon Northup.

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Product Description: Frederick Douglass was born enslaved in February 1818, but from this most humble of beginnings, he rose to become a world-famous orator, newspaper editor, and champion of the rights of women and African Americans. He not only survived slavery to live in freedom but also became an outspoken critic of the institution and an active participant in the U...read more

Hardcover:

9780813934358 | Univ of Virginia Pr, August 6, 2013, cover price $59.50 | About this edition: Frederick Douglass was born enslaved in February 1818, but from this most humble of beginnings, he rose to become a world-famous orator, newspaper editor, and champion of the rights of women and African Americans.

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Product Description: Frederick Douglass was born enslaved in February 1818, but from this most humble of beginnings, he rose to become a world-famous orator, newspaper editor, and champion of the rights of women and African Americans. He not only survived slavery to live in freedom but also became an outspoken critic of the institution and an active participant in the U...read more
By L. Diane Barnes (editor)

Paperback:

9780813934365 | Univ of Virginia Pr, August 6, 2013, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Frederick Douglass was born enslaved in February 1818, but from this most humble of beginnings, he rose to become a world-famous orator, newspaper editor, and champion of the rights of women and African Americans.

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One of America's most important women, Harriet Tubman was a former slave who led a heroic struggle more bravely and more successfully than any other to liberate African-Americans from slavery.

Hardcover:

9780844617176, titled "Harriet Tubman the Moses of Her People" | Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 1961, cover price $18.75

Paperback:

9781494391294 | 1 edition (Createspace Independent Pub, December 6, 2013), cover price $5.95
9780486438580 | Dover Pubns, November 29, 2004, cover price $6.95
9781557092175 | Reprint edition (Applewood Books, March 1, 1994), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: One of America's most important women, Harriet Tubman was a former slave who led a heroic struggle more bravely and more successfully than any other to liberate African-Americans from slavery.
9780806504155 | Citadel Pr, June 1, 1974, cover price $12.95

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By Dean King (introduced by)

Paperback:

9781629143491 | Skyhorse Pub Co Inc, December 13, 2013, cover price $5.95
9780317013023, titled "Education and Work: The Essential Tension" | Ohio State Univ Center on education, June 1, 1986, cover price $5.50 | also contains Education and Work: The Essential Tension

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Product Description: With Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773), Phillis Wheatley (1753?–1784) became the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book and only the second woman―of any race or background― to do so in America...read more

Hardcover:

9780820333380 | Univ of Georgia Pr, November 1, 2011, cover price $31.95

Paperback:

9780820346649 | Reprint edition (Univ of Georgia Pr, February 15, 2014), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: With Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773), Phillis Wheatley (1753?

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