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For more than a thousand years, from A.D. 500 to 1700, the medieval kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay grew rich on the gold, salt, and slave trade that stretched across Africa.Sku: 9780805042597
The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay
By: Patricia and Fredrick McKissack$24.50 -
The novel that changed the course of American history Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty.Sku: 9780140390032
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe$16.00 -
In Up from Slavery, Washington recounts the story of his life—from slave to educator. The early sections deal with his upbringing as a slave and his efforts to get an education. Washington details his transition from student to teacher, and outlines his own development as an educator and founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. In the final chapters of Up From Slavery, Washington describes his career as a public speaker and civil rights activist.1 GradeSku: 9780679640141
Up From Slavery
By: Booker T. Washington$24.95