Slavery


The Underground Railroad
Kindred
The Invention of Wings
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Homegoing
James
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Kitchen House
Twelve Years a Slave
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
Chains (Seeds of America, #1)
The Water Dancer
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroUnderground Airlines by Ben H. WintersFemale, Recreational by Badger ThereseFemale, Recreational II by Badger Therese
Slavery in AU or Dystopia
55 books — 11 voters

1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonJohn Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
U.S. History Reading List
444 books — 142 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsGraceling by Kristin CashoreThe Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Slavery to Rebellion
87 books — 28 voters


Carl Sagan
Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path. ...more
Carl Sagan

Angie Thomas
My son loved working in the neighborhood," One-Fifteen's father claims. "He always wanted to make a difference in the lives there." Funny. Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. Saving them from their “wild African ways.” Same shit, different century. I wish people like them would stop thinking that people like me need saving. ...more
Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

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