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This historical account of the transatlantic slave trade between
Africa and the United States is filled with a wealth of records,
details and analyses of its attempted suppression. The various
moral, economic and religious arguments against slavery were clear
from the outset of the practice in the early 16th century. The
ownership of a human life as an economic commodity was decried from
religious circles from the earliest days as an immoral affront to
basic human dignity. However the practice of gaining lifelong labor
in exchange only for a basic degree of care meant slavery persisted
for centuries across the New World as a lucrative endeavor. The
colonial United States would, from the early 17th century, receive
many thousands of slaves from Africa. Many of the slaves
transported were sent to work on plantations and farms which
steadily spread across the warmer southern states of the nation.
Others would do manual work on the docks, for instance moving goods
in the fledgling trading colonies.
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The Negro Church (Hardcover)
W. E. B Du Bois; Edited by Alton B Pollard
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The time has not yet come for a complete history of the Negro
peoples. Archaeological research in Africa has just begun, and many
sources of information in Arabian, Portuguese, and other tongues
are not fully at our command; and, too, it must frankly be
confessed, racial prejudice against darker peoples is still too
strong in so-called civilized centers for judicial appraisement of
the peoples of Africa. Much intensive monographic work in history
and science is needed to clear mooted points and quiet the
controversialist who mistakes present personal desire for
scientific proof. Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand
the temptation to essay such short general statement of the main
known facts and their fair interpretation as shall enable the
general reader to know as men a sixth or more of the human race.
Manifestly so short a story must be mainly conclusions and
generalizations with but meager indication of authorities and
underlying arguments. Possibly, if the Public will, a later and
larger book may be more satisfactory on these points. - W.E.B. Du
Bois Complete with maps and reading guilde.] Original publication
date: 1915.
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an African American civil
rights activist, leader, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator,
historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar. The importance of his
work to the success of the Civil Rights movement cannot be
overestimated. "In the course of his long, turbulent career, W. E.
B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the
problem of twentieth-century racism-scholarship, propaganda,
integration, national self-determination, human rights, cultural
and economic separatism, politics, international communism,
expatriation, third world solidarity." -David Levering Lewis The
Souls of Black Folk propelled Du Bois to the forefront of the Civil
Rights movement when it was first published. This hard hitting
masterpiece is part essays, part memoir, and part fiction. More
than any other book it brought home just how racist and unjust
America could be, and demanded that African Americans be granted
access to education and equality.
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Darkwater (Paperback)
W. E. B Du Bois; Foreword by Sandra M. Grayson; Introduction by Patty Nicole Johnson
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A new edition with a new introduction, Du Bois' radical text is a
rare statement of values formed around the vision of a collective
life, where the humanity of black women and men is treated with
dignity and equality. He expresses his themes through a series of
literary forms: polemic essay, spirituals, poetry and short science
fiction, each of which forms a pulse of social justice from a time
when a true understanding of intersections between poverty, work,
racism and feminism was rare. A new title in the Foundations of
Black Science Fiction series. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to
crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science
fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and
robots, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and
escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales, ancient and
modern gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic. The
Foundations titles also explore the roots of modern fiction and
brings together neglected works which deserve a wider readership as
part of a series of classic, essential books.
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