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Crescent City volume 3
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Bryce Quinlan never expected to see a world other than Midgard, but now that she has, all she wants is to get back. Everything she loves is in Midgard: her family, her friends, her mate. Stranded in a strange new world, she's going to need all her wits about her to get home again. And that's no easy feat when she has no idea who to trust. Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After...
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Publisher
Focus on the Family
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Claire Powell’s life is turned upside down when her beloved husband admits to a “near affair.” But when Stephen accepts a partnership with an Atlanta law firm without consulting her and buys a historic Southern home sight-unseen—it pushes their already-fractured marriage to the breaking point. Claire’s world spirals, and she soon finds herself in a marriage she no longer wants, in a house she never asked for. In 1863, Charlotte Thursmann,...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The master of the Providence plantation in Barbados gathers his slaves and announces the king has decreed an end to slavery. As of the following day, the Emancipation Act of 1834 will come into effect. The cries of joy fall silent when he announces that they are no longer his slaves; they are now his apprentices. No one can leave. They must work for him for another six years. Freedom is just another name for the life they have always lived. So Rachel...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country--revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America. Joseph McGill Jr., a historic preservationist and Civil War reenactor, founded the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010 based on an idea that was sparked and first developed...
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
An immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors-the last documented survivors of any slave ship-whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a noted poet at a young age. Mastering the Bible, Greek and Latin translations, and the works of Pope and Milton, she composed elegies for local elites, celebrated...
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Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Emancipation Proclamation was one of the most important documents for slaves in the United States. In 1862, the American Civil War tore the United States apart. While President Abraham Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union, he had a much larger idea: Ending slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation can be confusing to struggling readers, but this volume gives readers needed context to understand this document. With clear language historical context,...
Author
Series
Savannah secrets volume 5
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The ladies of Magnolia Investigations are hired to investigate their most haunting mystery yet! Ebenezer Creek is notorious because, during the Civil War, hundreds of enslaved people drowned in its waters when they were abandoned by the Union army. For several decades, many of the houses in the area have been empty and rundown, thanks to the rumors claiming that the area is haunted. Of course, Meredith and Julia don't believe in ghosts, but when they...
Author
Publisher
Finishing Line Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
In this poem sequence Eliza, the enslaved, speaks to the poet Mary Moore Easter who answers her in the voices of her own ancestors, grandmothers and great-grandmothers, captives of the slave period. And often responses come from contemporary women. Sometimes the poet seems to channel Eliza's voice in love song or defiance. Easter was inspired by Eliza's archival court testimony to flesh out a whole woman and her fears, courage and determination to...
12) Opal Lee
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Series
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to the teacher and community leader responsible for making Juneteenth a national holiday to mark the end of enslavement for Black Americans, helping millions of people learn about important aspects of American history.
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