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Stealing America: The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History

by Linford D. Fisher

History / Indigenous Peoples of the Americas History / United States

Cundill History Prize

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1 author interview1 links confirmed active

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The Fearless Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Dwarf Who Became the First Revolutionary Abolitionist

by Marcus Rediker

History: United States – Revolutionary Period (1775 – 1800)Religion: Christianity – Quaker

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence

by Kellie Carter Jackson

History: African American (History)Social Science: Violence in Society

Frederick Douglas Prize

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

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The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits

by Tiya Miles

History: African-American History: United States – State & Local – Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)

Cundill History Prize

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

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All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

by Tiya Miles

Biography & Autobiography: Women (Biography)History: African-American

Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myst of the Lost Cause

by Ty Seidule

Biography & Autobiography: Personal Memoirs History: United States – Civil War Period (1850 – 1877)

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8 author interviewsFrom the archive

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They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

History: United States – State & Local – South (AL. AR. FL. GA. KY. LA. MS. NC. SC. TN. VA. WV)History: Women (History)

Frederick Douglas Prize

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12 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves

by Adam Hochschild

History: Europe – Great Britain – General

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

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The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation

by Diana Ramey Berry

History: African American (History)

Frederick Douglas Prize

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The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America

by Andrés Reséndez

History: Native American Social Science: Ethnic Studies – Native American Studies

Bancroft Prize

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

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The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall

by Mark W. Moffett

History: Civilization History: Historical Geography

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

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The Devil’s Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South’s Most Notorious Slave Jail

by Kristen Gr

Biography & Autobiography: Cultural. Ethnic. & Regional – African American & Black Biography & Autobiography: Women (Biography)

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3 author interviewsFrom the archive

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The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church

by Rachel L. Swarns

Education: Higher History: African American (History)

Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Prisoners of the Bashaw: The Nineteen-Month Captivity of American Sailors in Tripoli, 1803–1805

by Frederick Leiner

History: Africa – North History: Maritime History & Piracy

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2 author interviews1 links confirmed active

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Blood Legacy: Reckoning With a Family’s Story of Slavery

by Alex Renton

History: Social History

Baillie Gifford Prize Longlist

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3 author interviewsFrom the archive

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The Souls of Womenfolk: The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South

by Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh

Religion: Christianity – History Social Science: Ethnic Studies – African American Studies

Frederick Douglas Prize

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast

by Marjoleine Kars

History: Latin America – South America Social Science: Black Studies (Global)

Cundill History Prize

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Embattled Freedom: Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps

by Amy Murrell Taylor

History: African American (History)History: United States – Civil War Period (1850 – 1877)

Frederick Douglas Prize

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire

by Tom Zoellner

History: Caribbean & West Indies – General History: Military – Wars & Conflicts (Other)

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Jamaica Ladies: Female Slaveholders and the Creation of Britain’s Atlantic Empire

by Christine Walker

History: Caribbean & West Indies – General Social Science: Women’s Studies

Harriet Tubman Prize

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain

by Padraic X. Scanlan

History: Caribbean & West Indies – General History: Europe – Great Britain – General

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6 author interviews3 links confirmed active

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Spying on the South: An Odyssey Across the American Divide

by Tony Horwitz

History: United States – 19th Century Travel: United States – South – General

Smithsonian Magazine – 10 Best History Books of the Year

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3 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home

by Richard Bell

History: African American (History)History: United States – 19th Century

George Washington Prize

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10 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Black Lives, Native Lands, White Worlds: A History of Slavery in New England

by Jared Ross Hardesty

History: United States – Colonial Period (1600 – 1775)History: United States – State & Local – New England (CT MA ME NH RI VT)

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America

by W. Caleb McDaniel

History: United States – Civil War Period (1850 – 1877)History: Women (History)

Pulitzer Prize

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4 author interviewsFrom the archive

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The Captive’s Quest for Freedom: Fugitive Slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the Politics of Slavery

by R.J.M. Blackett

History: African American (History)History: United States – Civil War Period (1850 – 1877)

Harriet Tubman Prize

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

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The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition

by Manisha Sinha

History: African American (History)Political Science: Human Rights

Frederick Douglas Prize

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11 author interviews5 links confirmed active

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Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad

by Eric Foner

History: African-American History: United States – 19th Century

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6 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Unfreedom: Slavery and Dependence in Eighteenth-Century Boston

by Jared Ross Hardesty

History: United States – Revolutionary Period (1775 – 1800)

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2 author interviewsFrom the archive

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Freedom’s Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution

by Ada Ferrer

History: Caribbean & West Indies – General History: Revolutionary

Frederick Douglas Prize

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The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom

by Marcus Rediker

History: United States – 19th Century Social Science: Black Studies (Global)

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4 author interviews1 links confirmed active

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