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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham former slaves themselves an important but long-neglected source of information about the institution of slavery in the united stateswho could better describe what slavery was like than the people who experienced it? and describe it they did, in thousands of remarkable interviews sponsored by the federal writers' project during the smore than 170 interviews were conducted in north carolinashe has written several novels for young people, including tough tiffany (an ala notable book), a girl called boy (winner of the parents' choice award), tancy (winner of a golden kite award), and the nightwalkersee oxfam website for delivery information read morebelinda hurmence was born in oklahoma, raised in texas, and educated at the university of texas and columbia universitybelinda hurmence pored over each of the north carolina narratives, compiling and editing 21 of the first-person accounts for this collectionshe now lives in raleigh, north carolinashe has also edited we lived in a little cabin in the yard and before freedom, when i just can remember, companion volumes to this book
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the distinctive features of joseph voght's approach to ancient slavery are his social awareness and sympathetic commitment, and his refusal either to ignore or be dominated by the dogmas of the left and the structures of sociologyhis systematic investigation of ancient slave wars, which is the centre of this collection, is not merely the most important contribution to the study of ancient slavery in the present generation; it is also a reasoned refutation of more extreme marxist interpretations, and a brilliant demonstration that a pragmatic approach to the analysis of a general phenomenon can lead to conclusions as far-reaching as any a priori system see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In this book, the author demonstrates how the unlikely survival of this community of escaped slaves reveals the contradictions of slavery and the complexities of the british antislavery eraafter being exiled from their native jamaica in , the trelawney town maroons endured in nova scotia and then in sierra leone
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Rare abolition of slavery to two pound coin circulated read more
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Extremely rare abolition of slavery £2 coin - 3 print errors in very good condition read more
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Extremely rare abolition of slavery £2 coin - 3 print errors invery good condition read more
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Every book published to this day on slavery and racism builds upon his work; all are judged in comparison to it; none has surpassed itjordan set out in encyclopedic detail the evolution of white englishmen's and anglo-americans' perceptions of blacks, perceptions of difference used to justify race-based slavery, and liberty and justice for whites only see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis second edition, with new forewords by historians christopher leslie brown and peter hoxfam bookshop reading in , winthrop dotherwise in very good conditionwood, reminds us that jordan's text is still the definitive work on the history of race in america in the colonial eranb normal wear to cover
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In this year vespasian crushed jewish resistance in the galilee at the cost of some jews killed or sold into slavery'year two', amphora / 'the freedom of zion', vine leaf on branch with tendrilthe defeated leaders of the northern revolt, john of giscala and eleazar ben simon, then fled to jerusalem with their followers, which swelled the population of the city and led to a jewish civil war, while the romans planned their next moves to destroy the rebelsthis coin was struck in the disastrous second year of the jewish revolt against rome(source: triskeles) please check out my other listingsattention please: average shipping time day !!! ____________________________________________ judaea first jewish war, ce ae prutah weight: 2we guarantee the authenticity of every item we sell (100%)97g diameter: 17mm jerusalem, year 2 (a
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Mixed collection all in good condition read more
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Collection from romford, or £1 for postage within the ukpostage is charged on the first coin only, regardless of how many you buypayment by paypal, bank transfer, cash, altcoin, or by cash paid into our tsb accountsee pictures for details and conditionthis is the circulation version of the coin (no dg)
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Unheard voices: an anthology of stories and poems to commemorate the bicentenary anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, paperback by blackman, malorie, isbn , isbn-13 their short stories and poems sit alongside first-hand accounts of slavery from freed slaves, making a fascinating and absorbing collection that remembers and commemorates one of the most brutal and long-lasting inflictions of misery that human beings have inflicted upon other human beings
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Volunteered slavery 5key to the highway 8i wish i knew (how it would feel to be free) 7iÂ’d rather be blind, crippled and crazy 9sahib teri bandi / maki madni 4iÂ’ll find my way 6
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3 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sitesauthor:kolchin, peterall of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboardeach month we recycle over 2
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The volumes are the first italian edition of this interesting work translated from french and concerning the history of ancient peoples (assyrians, babylonians, egyptians, jews, greeks, phoenicians) from after the deluge until the return of the jewish people from slavery in egyptare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: volumes in good condition, only with a little mildew on the sheetsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevery rare and interesting work published in lucca in in the stamperia di vincenzo giuntinithe volumes are divided as follows: numbered pages, 3 tipped-in plates; numbered pages, 5 tipped-in plates; numbered pages, 1 tipped-in platethe tipped-in plates are of excellent workmanship and depict beautiful monuments of antiquity (as pictured)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Promissory note (slave letter) that was issued / signed by the governor of the suriname colony as a contribution towards slave owners for the abolition of slavery inalso found that gijsbertus christiaan owned the plantation seles for 1/24 partgijsbert christiaan bosch reitz, born in utrecht, died on in amsterdamsome further data from the national archives: on , plantage berthaudslust was 'transported' to gare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki279, signed on 27 aprilthe verso has a seal of 9catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebosch reitz for the benefit of the zoelen plantation, in other words the slave power of plantation berthaudslust was transferred to plantation zoelencondition: document is in good condition, but with some minor holesthe amount on the note is guildershe was married to geertruida elisabeth kuvelthis concerns a promissory note noour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeshe also died in at the age of 72please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Scene of slaverynelson & sons st english edition - 18 x 13 cm - xii + 407pp 2 folding maps, many illustrations (including engraved plates): his adventures in abyssinia & nubia with a journey to the source of the nile; hardback, boards sl rubbed, bevelled edges, gilt illustration to front cover, spine sl faded, inscription of previous owner, almost vgare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehistory of the negusconquest of amhara and tigrayour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebattle of dereskiememories of speke and grant (explorers of the sources of the nile)i have here a rare book entitled: two years in east africa - jonveaux, emile - publisher: telephant huntingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Beautiful, quite rare promissory note (slave letter), numbered 374, ‘suriname den 2 december ’, issued and signed by the governor of the suriname colony as a compensation to slave owners for the abolition of slavery inwill be carefully packaged and shipped with track and tracethe rarity with extra foreign bill stamp is more importantare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiphotos are part of the descriptionvan lansberge and the amount on the note is no less than ƒ ! the amount was paid through various commissions, places, wertheim & gompertz amsterdam, simon zadoks & zncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: the document is in good condition, with only a few folds, a restored tear and some pinholes, as usualthis promissory note, somewhat smaller than usual, is signed by rof course with signs of ageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevery rare is that this note, on the front, has a large english tax stamp of no less than fifteen shillings, with initials and date, which is quite rare! with the partly covered image, by the foreign bill stamp, of the three-master and many remarks, no vignette on verso which is strange, dry stamp and stamps, extremely interesting historical documentprobably in englandplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedordrecht and signatories, i
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morejürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionhe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
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Beautiful promissory note (slave letter) with a rare low number 47! ‘curaçao den augustus ’, issued and signed by the governor of the curaçao colony as a compensation to slave owners for the abolition of slavery inwith many notes, several names and stamps, very interesting historical documentthis promissory note was signed by him and the amount is ƒwill be carefully packaged and shipped with track and traceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiphotos are part of the descriptioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe amount was already paid out on 21 octoberof course with signs of ageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: the document is in good condition and clearly larger than usual; with a cut at the top and rare, some minor folds, a frayed edge and a few pinholes, normal for items like thisbut also noteworthy is the fact that the stamp duty of 30 cents was received, with %several interesting names, including mr augusto muller, perret gentel, cplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehonig breet, peterson and pries
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Reed s testimony, plucked from the void, found by chance at an estate sale, reminds us, forcefully, that people are not functions of historical narrative the prisoner in prison, the slave in slavery but singularitieswe owe a great debt to reed for writing it and to caleb smith for unraveling the mysteries of identity and authentication after its discovery a century-and-a-half later
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Full title: ‘wild bush tribes of tropical africa an account of adventure & travel amongst pagan people in tropical africa, with a description of their manners of life, customs, heathenish rites & ceremonies, secret societies, sport & warfare collected during a sojourn of twelve years’ original red cloth binding with print - 314 ppregistered shippingex-library with the following features: removed label at the bottom of the spine, front endpaper glued to the boardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicloth of bindings is slightly worn and discoloured, especially on the spinecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecorners slightly bentthe map is restored on 1 fold on verso, with acid-free tapeno other traces were foundour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store41 illustrations + folding map ( cm) - cmcontains 27 chapters, including: two thousand miles into the heart of africa, revolt of the ba-congolese, wilds of angola, congo men, women, children, native medicine, fetishes, sorecery and magic, spiritism and necromancy, native slavery, laws, customs, ethics, skilled arts and crafts, native music, wisdom and wit, comparative religion, death and after death, negroisms, etccondition: fair to goodplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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In 'the march to freedom', hercules saves a young girl from a life of slavery by buying her himself and then setting her free, helping her to search for her fiancé, cyrusoxfam shop lytham three more adventures for the legendary strongmanin 'gladiator', hercules and iolaus deliberately get themselves thrown into prison so that they can help gladius escape and meet the baby son he has never seen'the warrior princess' sees hercules crossing swords with xena (prior to her reformation in 'xena - warrior princess'), who disguises herself as a damsel in distresssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The film focuses on the last few months of lincoln's life, which not only saw the ending of slavery despite dogged opposition from many inside lincoln's own cabinet, but also the union victory in the american civil warthe supporting cast includes sally field as lincoln's wife mary, joseph gordon-levitt as lincoln's son robert and tommy lee jones as radical republican congressional leader thaddeus stevensoxfam shop ulverston steven spielberg's academy award-winning political biopic stars daniel day-lewis as america's 16th president abraham lincolnsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredaniel day-lewis won the academy award, a golden globe and a bafta for best actor for his performance
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The film focuses on the last few months of lincoln's life, which not only saw the ending of slavery despite dogged opposition from many inside lincoln's own cabinet, but also the union victory in the american civil warthe supporting cast includes sally field as lincoln's wife mary, joseph gordon-levitt as lincoln's son robert and tommy lee jones as radical republican congressional leader thaddeus stevensoxfam bookshop carlisle political biopic starring daniel day-lewis as america's 16th president abraham lincoln ()see oxfam website for delivery information read moredisc and case in very good condition
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Conor's search for intrepid adventure on the cusp of 30 soon becomes a dangerous and haphazard mission, buoyed by the energy and adoration of the childrendespite the danger, conor treks up dirt paths with photographs of the children, miraculously reuniting dozens of familiesconor nevertheless vows to do everything he can, including risk his own life, to bring these lost children back to their familiesdust jacket goodwhile volunteering at an orphanage, conor discovers that the children are not orphans: they are traffickedpages very good, very little edge wearan epic thriller and also a love story, little princes is as full of life and hope as the children conor's organisation, next generation nepal, continues to save every dayit's and nepal is a country torn apart by war, greed and corruptionboards very goodsome of the luckier ones are finally dumped in an orphanage, only to be found by conor, an unlikely philanthropistthe process is painstaking and chaotic, involving weeks of trekking across inhospitable peaks and surmounting the infinite cultural and language barriers, but the children's raucous happiness on seeing photos of their parents after years of separation, abandonment and fear make the wounds, the danger, the freezing cold and the food poisoning pale into insignificancesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle the riveting story of conor grennan's year in nepal reads like a cross between into thin air and three cups of teacaught in the middle are the nepalese children, snatched and sold into slavery, the kidnappers promising their families that they will be taken to a safe haven from where they will eventually return
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It is the distillation of a man's experience of freedom and slaveryoxfam bookshop newport "the last, masterly novel by the author of 'life and fate', whose career was destroyed and whose life was threatened during the anti-jewish campaign in the soviet union ofinto post-stalinist 'freedom'"see oxfam website for delivery information read moreclipped d/j and internal pages both clean/intact
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1 13 a white house cantata: part ii: president andrew johnson - bright and black (following lincolns abolition of slavery and the end of the civil war, the white house servants celebrate their future
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His letters to harvard botanist asa gray for instance show his changing opinions regarding slavery and the american civil warthe letters also highlight a lot of aspects about darwin and his biography: the development of is ideas, an insight in his character and health, personal opinions about controversial mattersa wrinkle at the top of the spine of volume 1are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidarwin also relied on correspondence for a lot of his scientific work and used letters to find support for his ideas among friends an colleaguescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available¶ british nature researcher charles darwin corresponded with an exceptionally large group of people all over the worldscientific historian janet browne has argued that darwin’s ability to correspond on a daily basis played a crucial role in the development of his theory and his ability to find the support of colleaguesspecial anniversary set in eight volumesletters in eight volumesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: minimal signs of storageby frederich burkhardt and the editors of the darwin correspondence projectthe letters offer a lot of insight in matters from the origin of important scientific concepts to religious and philosophical discussions, that are still relevant todayplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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He also advocated the end of slavery, in keeping with the philosophy of natural rightswith a prefatory note signed by george-washington lafayetteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikige de librairie, hauman, cattoir et compbruxelles, sociéte bel par sa familledu motier, marquis demémoires, correspondance et manuscrits du géneral lafayette publiés par sa famillecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableafter forming the national constituent assembly, he helped to write the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen with thomas jefferson's assistanceafter returning to france, he was a key figure in the french revolution of and the july revolution ofpublished in 2 volsrévolution d'ameriqueour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store(see more on wikipedia)uncommon editionstill - a good copy - see photo's lafayette: marie-joseph paul yves roch gilbert du motier, marquis de la fayette () was a french aristocrat and military officer who fought in the american revolutionary war, commanding american troops in several battles, including the siege of yorktownrévolution françaiseneat modern cloth cloth on sides with damages, ocasionally foxing and waterstains, a few small (neat) old annotions in first volplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis document was inspired by the united states declaration of independence and invoked natural law to establish basic principles of the democratic nation-state
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