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view Life, wanderings, and labours in Eastern Africa : with an account of the first successful ascent of the equatorial snow mountain, Kilima Njaro, and remarks upon East African slavery / by Charles New digital asset number 1

Life, wanderings, and labours in Eastern Africa : with an account of the first successful ascent of the equatorial snow mountain, Kilima Njaro, and remarks upon East African slavery / by Charles New

Author:
New, Charles 1840-1875  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Former owner:
Morgan, John Charles DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xii p., 525, [12] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port., map ; 21 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Africa, East
Date:
1873
Topic:
Missions  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_782905
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Slavery and the Cape / D. P. Stoffberg ; translated and edited by Marie-Lou Roux

Author:
Stoffberg, D. P  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
South Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Date:
2008
Topic:
Slaves  Search this
Call number:
DT2405.S75 S7613 2008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1010785
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Did slavery really matter in the Cayman Islands? Christopher Williams

Author:
Williams, Christopher  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cayman Islands
Date:
2011
Topic:
Freedmen  Search this
Slaves  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Sailors, Black  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
F2155 .J865
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1002761
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Dhow chasing in Zanzibar waters and on the eastern coast of Africa : narrative of five years' experiences in the suppression of the slave trade / by G.L. Sulivan. With map and illustrations from photographs and sketches taken on the spot by the author

Author:
Sulivan, G. L  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
x , 453 p., [13] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., port., col. map ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Tanzania
Zanzibar
Africa, East
Date:
1873
19th century
To 1890
To 1886
Topic:
Slave trade--History  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
HT1394.Z36 S85 1873
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_784961
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Trokosi (child slavery) in Ghana : a policy approach

Author:
Ameh, Robert Kwame  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Ghana
Volta Region
Date:
1998
Topic:
Child slaves  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Cultural relativisism  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Antislavery movements  Search this
Children's rights  Search this
Call number:
DT509.97 .G436
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_681371
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Slavery, freedom & culture among early American workers / Graham Russell Hodges

Title:
Slavery, freedom & culture
Slavery, freedom and culture among early American workers
Author:
Hodges, Graham Russell 1946-  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 185 p. : map ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York Region
Date:
1998
C1998
18th century
19th century
1775-1865
Topic:
African Americans--History  Search this
African Americans--Social conditions  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
Working class--History  Search this
Labor--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_560985
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Juneteenth : a day to celebrate freedom from slavery / Angela Leeper

Author:
Leeper, Angela  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Place:
Texas
Galveston
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Juneteenth  Search this
Slaves--Emancipation  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
African Americans--Anniversaries, etc  Search this
African Americans--Social life and customs  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Holidays  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1011426
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An eyewitness history of slavery in America : from Colonial times to the Civil War / Dorothy Schneider and Carl J. Schneider

Author:
Schneider, Dorothy  Search this
Schneider, Carl J  Search this
Physical description:
v, 458 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
C2001
Topic:
Slavery--History  Search this
Call number:
E441 .S34 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_684119
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Modern reform examined, or, The union of north and south on the subject of slavery / by Joseph C. Stiles

Author:
Stiles, Joseph C (Joseph Clay) 1795-1875  Search this
Physical description:
310 p. 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1858
Topic:
Slavery  Search this
Slavery and the church--Presbyterian Church  Search this
Call number:
E449 .S852 1858
E449.S852 1858
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_291310
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Fighting the slave-hunters in Central Africa : a record of twenty-six years of travel & adventure round the great lakes and of the overthrow of Tip-pu-tib, Rumaliza and other great slave-traders / by Alfred J. Swann. With an introduction by H.H. Johnston. With 45 illustrations & a map

Author:
Swann, Alfred J (Alfred James) 1856-1928  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 358 p., [30] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., col. map ; 20 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, Central
Date:
1910
Topic:
Slave trade  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Call number:
DT351 .S93 1910
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_784950
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Days of Jubilee : the end of slavery in the United States / Patricia C. & Fredrick L. McKissack

Author:
McKissack, Pat 1944-  Search this
McKissack, Fredrick  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 134 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Sources
History
Juvenile works
Jugendbuch
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
To 1863
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
Slaves--Emancipation  Search this
African Americans--History  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_775483
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No man can hinder me : the journey from slavery to emancipation through song / Velma Maia Thomas

Author:
Thomas, Velma Maia  Search this
Physical description:
39 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Type:
Music
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
Topic:
African Americans--History and criticism  Search this
Spirituals (Songs)--History and criticism  Search this
Slavery--Songs and music--History and criticism  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_678235
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Identity in the shadow of slavery / edited by Paul E. Lovejoy

Author:
Lovejoy, Paul E  Search this
Physical description:
x, 244 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
America
Date:
2000
Topic:
Africans--Ethnic identity  Search this
African Americans--Ethnic identity  Search this
Slavery--Social aspects--History  Search this
Slavery--Psychological aspects--History  Search this
Group identity--History  Search this
Slaves--Social conditions  Search this
African diaspora  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_590833
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A slaveholders' union : slavery, politics, and the constitution in the early American Republic / George William Van Cleve

Author:
Van Cleve, George 1952-  Search this
Physical description:
391 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2011
18th century
19th century
Revolution, 1775-1783
1783-1815
Topic:
Slavery--History  Search this
Slavery--Political aspects  Search this
Slavery--Law and legislation--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_992175
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Sites of slavery : citizenship and racial democracy in the post-civil rights imagination / Salamishah Margaret Tillet

Author:
Tillet, Salamishah  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2012
C2012
20th century
21st century
Topic:
African Americans--Political activity  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
Memory--Social aspects  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1002853
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Le cinéma cubain et l'exclavage de l'esclavage à l'affranchissement d'une mémoire = Cuban cinema and slavery : a memory evaded then emancipated

Title:
Cuban cinema and slavery
Author:
Tanifeani, William  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Cuba
Date:
1998
Topic:
Motion pictures  Search this
Slavery in motion pictures  Search this
Call number:
PN1993.5.A35 E27X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_689725
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River of dark dreams : slavery and empire in the cotton kingdom / Walter Johnson

Author:
Johnson, Walter 1967-  Search this
Physical description:
526 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mississippi River Valley
United States
Date:
2013
19th century
Topic:
Slavery--History  Search this
Cotton growing--History  Search this
Slavery--Economic aspects--History  Search this
Capitalism--History  Search this
Social change--History  Search this
Imperialism--History  Search this
Slave trade--History  Search this
Race relations  Search this
History  Search this
Commerce  Search this
Territorial expansion  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1002503
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In old Virginia : slavery, farming, and society in the journal of John Walker / Claudia L. Bushman

Author:
Bushman, Claudia L  Search this
Walker, John 1785-1867  Search this
Subject:
Walker, John 1785-1867  Search this
Walker, John 1785-1867  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 292 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Diaries
Place:
Virginia
Tidewater (Region)
Tidewater (Va. : Region)
Date:
2002
19th century
Topic:
Farmers  Search this
Country life--History  Search this
Agriculture--History  Search this
Slavery--History  Search this
Social conditions  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_688364
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My Apingi kingdom : with life in the great Sahara, and sketches of the chase of the ostrich, hyena, &c. / by Paul Du Chaillu ; numerous engravings

Author:
Du Chaillu, Paul B (Paul Belloni) 1835-1903  Search this
Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 254 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., front. ; 20 cm
Type:
Juvenile fiction
Place:
Gabon
Africa, West
Date:
1871
1871, 1870
Topic:
Explorers  Search this
Kings and rulers  Search this
Animals  Search this
Shipwrecks  Search this
Slavery  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_779115
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Slavery in the 19th century : a unit of study for grades 5-8 / by Jim Pearson and John Robertson

Title:
Slavery in the nineteenth century
Author:
Pearson, Jim  Search this
Robertson, John  Search this
National Center for History in the Schools (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
62 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1999
19th century
Topic:
Slavery--History--Study and teaching (Elementary)  Search this
Slavery--History--Study and teaching (Middle school)  Search this
Slaves--Social conditions--History--Study and teaching (Elementary)  Search this
Slaves--Social conditions--History--Study and teaching (Middle school)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1015317

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