#Slavery

2 books tagged with slavery, sorted by rating.

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James

by Percival Everett

5/5

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They Were White and They Were Slaves

by Michael A. Hoffman II

3/5

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James

by Percival Everett

5/5

Percival Everett retells Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the point of view of Jim, the enslaved man who escapes down the Mississippi with Huck. This Jim is a sharp, literate man who hides his intelligence behind the dialect white people expect to hear. The novel won the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Fiction & Literature

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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