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by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Published Aug 2008
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by Lalita Tademy
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsThis is a story about men whose lives began in slavery, who weathered the Civil War; newly freed men who have to fight for their liberties, hoping the federal government will come to their aid. But after a deadly racial massacre, once-proud families are left to deal with the wreckage and find the strength to push on.
by Edward P. Jones
Published May 2004
Read ReviewsA black farmer, bootmaker and former slave becomes proprietor of his own plantation, as well as of his own slaves, in this ambitious, luminously written novel that ranges seamlessly between the past and future and back again to the present. Excerpt contains content exclusive to BookBrowse.
by Hannah Crafts, Henry Louis Gates
Published Apr 2003
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by Steven Barnes
Published Feb 2003
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by Lalita Tademy
Published Apr 2002
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by Errol Uys
Published Jul 2000
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