women slaves

A nameless female slave, having somehow managed to become Hawkspar, an oracle with the power to see the past and future, develops a plot to save the lives of thousands even though it will mean her certain death, but she must first be rescued by Aaron, a veteran tracker of slaves who is search of his long-missing sister.

Gull, believed to be an oracle destined to counsel kings, must chose between destiny and adventure after the arrival of nine black ships and an exiled Trojan prince who promises to reunite Gull with her mother's people.

Moinette, a mixed-race child born into slavery on a Louisiana plantation, gains an education by listening to the lessons given her young mistress, and when she is sold and separated from her beloved mother at the age of fourteen, she immediately begins to make plans to gain her freedom.

Presents the slave narrative of Harriet A. Jacobs, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, in which she describes the trials of her life as a Southern slave, and discusses her determination to win freedom for herself and her children.

The story of a Chinese-American pioneer woman who overcame poverty, foot-binding, and slavery to build a life of relative freedom in the American Northwest.

Presents the slave narrative of Harriet A. Jacobs, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, in which she describes the trials of her life as a Southern slave, and discusses her determination to win freedom for herself and her children.

Presents the slave narrative of Harriet A. Jacobs, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, and includes commentary about the people and places discussed by the author, as well as photographs and a selection of letters.

In post-Civil War Ohio, the past continues to haunt the ex-slave Sethe and the surviving memebers of her family.