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  1. Rice and Slaves

    Rice and Slaves

    Ethnicity and the Slave Trade in Colonial South Carolina

    By Daniel C. Littlefield

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

    Daniel Littlefield's investigation of colonial South Carolinianss preference for some African ethnic groups over others as slaves reveals how the Africans' diversity and capabilities inhibited the development of racial stereotypes... Learn More
    Published: 1st June 1991
    Paperback | £20.99
  2. Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century

    Black Leaders of the Nineteenth Century

    Edited by Leon Litwack and August Meier

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

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    Published: 1st March 1991
    Paperback | £21.99
  3. The Old Village and Great House

    The Old Village and Great House

    An Archaeological and Historical Examination of Drax Hall Plantation, St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica

    By Douglas V. Armstrong

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

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    Published: 1st July 1990
    Hardback | £42.00
  4. My Bondage and My Freedom

    My Bondage and My Freedom

    By Frederick Douglass

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

    This is the first annotated edition of a work Eric J. Sundquist has called "a classic text of the American Renaissance." As Henry Louis Gates, Jr., has pointed out, My Bondage and My Freedom has been largely ignored... Learn More
    Published: 1st December 1987
    Paperback | £21.99
  5. Race Riot at East St. Louis, July 2, 1917

    Race Riot at East St. Louis, July 2, 1917

    By Elliott Rudwick

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

            ".         . . a well-researched and thoughtful inquiry into the circumstances and         social forces producing one of the... Learn More
    Published: 1st August 1982
    Paperback | £21.99
  6. Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century

    Black Leaders of the Twentieth Century

    Edited by John Hope Franklin and August Meier

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

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    Published: 1st June 1982
    Paperback | £32.00
  7. Medicine and Slavery

    Medicine and Slavery

    The Diseases and Health Care of Blacks in Antebellum Virginia

    By Todd L. Savitt

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

    Widely regarded as the most comprehensive study of its kind, this volume offers valuable insight into the alleged medical differences between whites and blacks that translated as racial inferiority and were used to justify slavery... Learn More
    Published: 1st January 1981
    Paperback | £17.99
  8. Alley Life in Washington

    Alley Life in Washington

    Family, Community, Religion, and Folklife in the City, 1850-1970

    By James Borchert

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

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    Published: 1st September 1980
    Paperback | £21.99
  9. Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920

    Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900-1920

    By John Dittmer

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

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    Published: 1st May 1980
    Paperback | £17.99
  10. Black Over White

    Black Over White

    Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina during Reconstruction

    By Thomas Holt

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

     In this prize-winning book Thomas   Holt is concerned not only with the identities of the black politicians who   gained power in South Carolina during Reconstruction, but also with the question   of how they... Learn More
    Published: 1st August 1979
    Paperback | £21.99
  11. King

    King

    A BIOGRAPHY

    By David Levering Lewis

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

    This edition updates Lewis's notable assessment of Martin Luther King, Jr., a book acclaimed by leading historians and critics when it appeared shortly after King's death. Published a decade after the civil rights activist's assassination,... Learn More
    Published: 1st August 1978
    Paperback | £28.99
  12. A Ghetto Takes Shape

    A Ghetto Takes Shape

    Black Cleveland, 1870-1930

    By Kenneth L. Kusmer

    Series Blacks in the New World

    University of Illinois Press

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    Published: 1st March 1978
    Paperback | £21.99
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