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"A new historical anthology from transatlantic slavery to the Reconstruction curated by the Schomburg Center, that makes the case for focusing on the histories of Black people as agents and architects of their own lives and ultimate liberation, with a foreword by Kevin Young. This is the first Penguin Classics anthology published in partnership with the Schomburg Center, a world-renowned cultural institution documenting black life in America and worldwide. A historic branch of NYPL located in Harlem, the Schomburg holds one of the world's premiere collections of slavery material within the…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2021Penguin Classics · 656 pages · 9780143136088
- Other · English · 2021Penguin Publishing Group · 656 pages · 9780525507697
Slaves' writingsFugitive slaves, united statesAbolitionistsSlaves, united statesSlavery, united states, historyAntislavery movements, united statesAfrican americans, social conditionsSlave narratives