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The Amistad

2011
Depicts the rebellion of the Africans aboard the "Amistad" who had been illegally kidnapped and transported as slaves to America. Describes the resulting trial which energized the Abolitionist anti-slavery movement. Includes illustrations, a timeline, a glossary, and an index.

Slavery in the Americas and the Triangular Trade

1992
This video presents a vivid picture of the slave trade in the Americas and suggests that one of the legacies of this practice is a divided society in which full social equality has yet to be realized.

Slavery and the slave trade

a short illustrated history
1983
Describes the history of slavery and discusses the African slaves in Europe and the Americas, and the eventual coming of freedom.

The slave dancer

2004
Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.

Amistad

the story of a slave ship
2005
Presents a brief history of the slave ship Amistad that held hundreds of kidnapped Africans, and how they fought for their freedom in the Supreme Court of the United States.

Human trafficking

2009
Describes various cases of human trafficking including the African slave trade from the 1600s to the mid-1800s, child labor camps in India, and sex trafficking.

The Wanderer

the last American slave ship and the conspiracy that set its sails
2006
Chronicles the events surrounding the final voyage of the "Wanderer" a ship that secretly transported more than four hundred African slaves to Georgia in November 1858, thirty-eight years after the African slave trade was made illegal.

Woman, child for sale

the new slave trade in the 21st century
2004
Reveals the twenty-first century equivalent to slave trading, describing the experiences of the women and children around the world who are sold as slaves and discusses what can be done to stop the practice.

The slave dancer

a novel
1975
Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.

The slave dancer

a novel
1988
Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.

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