#Colonial History

2 books tagged with colonial history, sorted by rating.

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Babel

by R. F. Kuang

4/5

Fantasy

They Were White and They Were Slaves

by Michael A. Hoffman II

3/5

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Babel

by R. F. Kuang

4/5

In an alternate 1830s Britain, Robin Swift, an orphan brought from Canton, is trained at Oxford's Royal Institute of Translation, known as Babel. There, translators power the Empire's magic by engraving silver bars with pairs of words whose meanings don't quite match. As Robin learns what his work is used for, he has to choose between Babel and the people it helps exploit.

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They Were White and They Were Slaves

by Michael A. Hoffman II

3/5

A controversial examination of the history of white indentured servitude and enslavement in early colonial America. Hoffman argues that the historical record of European bondage in the New World has been deliberately suppressed, documenting the kidnapping, sale, and brutal treatment of white laborers in the colonies from the 17th century onward.

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