slavery

Chronicles the life of King Leopold II of Belgium and discusses how he plundered the Congo, how his people tried to overthrow him, and other related topics.

"Through a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, this book debunks myths about the Underground Railroad and Black Americans' struggle for freedom"--Provided by the publisher.

"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.

Monique Villa shows us the world of slaves-no longer physically in chains-who walk among us, trapped in a cycle of exploitation. Her moving book, giving voice to survivors of this horrific trade, vividly illustrates dire situations we can do something about.

"It is 1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley. Alma sets out to find him, but she soon must face terrible dangers in a continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home becomes a harrowing adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her people. Meanwhile, in Lisbon, Joseph Mars, an orphan turned petty thief devises a great plan to land himself aboard a slave ship, The Sweet Amelie, on the ultimate quest: to find a pirate's treasure in the far reaches of the Caribbean. But as time passes, he learns he's not alone in his hunger for the treasure, which forces him to rethink the true purpose of his presence aboard The Sweet Amelie"--OCLC.

"The incredible true story of Clotilda, the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and the complicated legacy their descendants carry with them to this day-by the journalist who discovered the ship's remains"--Provided by publisher.

A twelve-year-old slave girl begins writing in a journal where she documents her journey via the Underground Railroad from Alexandria, Virginia to freedom in St. Catharines, Canada.

Examines a collection of myths related to slavery and the Civil War. Includes fact boxes, photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

An alternative history in which Germany and Japan jointly occupy the defeated United States twenty years after World War II.

Briefly describes the accomplishments of American abolitionists from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries as they struggled to end slavery.