Ann Jordan, director of Global Rights' Initiative Against Trafficking in Persons, also points out that while “current federal law enables prosecutions of all enslavers and provides protection for all victims,” the broad scope of the law ...
... Geoff De Verteuil, Tina Dunkley, Joellen ElBashir, Frank Faragasso, Nancy Finlay, Roy L. Flukinger, Brandon Fortune, Sara Georgini, Jordan Goffin, Frank Goodyear, Erika Gottfried, Ruth Morris Graham, Christopher Haley, Will Hansen, ...
Written by specialists, the chapters in this book cover the war’s impact on the economy, the role of the federal government, labor, welfare and reform efforts, the Indian nations, universities, healthcare and medicine, news coverage, ...
This landmark anthology collects speeches, letters, newspapers, journals, poems, and songs to demonstrate that John Brown’s actions at Harpers Ferry altered the course of history.
Finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize A landmark and collectible volume--beautifully produced in duotone--that canonizes Frederick Douglass through historic photography.
“I like a little rebellion now and then”—so wrote Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, enlisting in a tradition that throughout American history has led writers to rage and reason, prophesy...
Brown rebelled against the American government, and he murdered men in Kansas in order to end the murderous institution of slavery. He denounced war, but made war on his government in order to end an existing war for slavery.
To Plead Our Own Cause contains ninety-five narratives by slaves and former slaves from around the globe.
Written by specialists, the chapters in this book cover the war’s impact on the economy, the role of the federal government, labor, welfare and reform efforts, the Indian nations, universities, healthcare and medicine, news coverage, ...
To Plead Our Own Cause contains ninety-five narratives by slaves and former slaves from around the globe.