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Subject: History of Slavery
A Black Woman’s Civil War Memoirs
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Taylor, Susie King (edited by Patricia W. Romero and Willie Lee Rose)
Subject: U.S. History
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“These are the memoirs of a black woman who was born a slave, who had the good fortune to gain her freedom early in the war, with the education and ability to observe and the will to recall in later …
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A Black Woman’s Odyssey Through Russia and Jamaica: The Narrative of Nancy Prince
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Prince, Nancy (introduction by Ronald Walters; edited by Patricia Romero)
Subject: Africa, Europe, U.S. History, Caribbean, History of Slavery, Women's History
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Memories of Africa, pre-civil war New England, political turmoil in Russia, the end of slavery in Jamaica, and Caribbean pirates; an intrepid black woman experiences many turning points in world history.
Nancy Prince paints a blunt picture of the struggle …
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African Identity in Asia: Cultural Effects of Forced Migration
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Jayasuriya, Shihan de Silva
Subject: Africa, Asia, History of Slavery
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In contrast to the dispersion of slaves across the Atlantic, African movement to Asia has received scant attention because forced migrations across the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, which endured for centuries, were not part of a significant economic network.
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African Sites Archaeology in the Caribbean
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Haviser, Jay B.
Subject: Africa, Latin America, Caribbean, Archaeology
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This book examines archaeological research about African peoples who were brought to the Caribbean, as well as their descendants in the twentieth century. These contributions cover a wide geographic sample of regions and range from Caribbean studies to individual investigations …
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Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology
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Finley, Sir Moses I. (edited by Brent Shaw)
Subject: Europe, World History, History of Slavery, Latin America
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Slaves have been exploited in most societies throughout human history. There have, however, been only five genuine slave societies, and of these, two were in antiquity: classical Greece and classical Italy. Here distinguished historian Sir Moses Finley examines those two …
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Blacks in Bondage: Letters of American Slaves
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Starobin, Robert S., editor
Subject: U.S. History, Slavery
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Written while enslaved or shortly after escape, the words recorded here express complexity and diversity of thought and feeling about slavery and being black. Blacks in Bondage is a landmark document in understanding the human side of history.
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Busha’s Mistress: A Stirring Romance from the Days of Slavery in Jamaica
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Perkins, Cyrus Francis (edited by Paul E. Lovejoy, Verene Shepherd and David Trotman)
Subject: Caribbean, World Literature
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This is one of the earliest Caribbean novels written in English. The novel tells the story of Catherine, the slave concubine of a cruel white overseer on Greenside Estate, near Falmouth, whose ruins today attest to the tensions of a …
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Cuban Festivals: A Century of Afro-Cuban Culture
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Bettelheim, Judith, editor
Subject: Caribbean
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Bettelheim describes the secular rituals and celebrations of Cuban culture. The editor’s black-and-white photos shed additional light on these little-known rituals. This edition features the first English translation of the article “Afro-Cuban Festivals” by Afro-Cuban Studies founder Fernando Ortiz, complete …
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