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Novels About Slavery in the Americas

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Beloved by Toni Morrison
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Incredible. Better and better with every reading. This is Morisson's masterpiece. She'll never reach these heights again, but that's okay because she delivered with this one.

Property (Vintage Contemporaries) by Valerie Martin
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A complicated and touching novel of a slave woman caught between her vengeful mistress and a master who makes her his unwilling mistress.

The Known World : A Novel by Edward P. Jones
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Another major award winner. This is sprawling in terms of numbers of characters, inventive and full of brilliant gems of wisdom and cruelty.

The Confessions of Nat Turner (Vintage International) by William Styron
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I know this one still stirs controversy from some readers, especially from African-Americans, but to me this is a spectacular novel. You may not every aspect of the story it tells, but such is life.

Walk Through Darkness by David Anthony Durham
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Wonderfully tight, action-filled and touching novel. There's a wonderful plotline here, and a healthy dose of redemption to help you truth all the horrors.

All Souls' Rising (Vintage) by Madison Smartt Bell
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This one is about Haiti, but it's incredible. It may be the most violent novel I've ever read, so be warned.

Sacred Hunger (Norton Paperback Fiction) by Barry Unsworth
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A wild and interesting story from a major British writer, full of vivid detail and so, so much important information.

Cane River (Oprah's Book Club) by Lalita Tademy
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This one isn't as much of a favorite, but it did bring a major audience to a large story of slavery. That's important.

Roots (Dell Book) by Alex Haley
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A classic. No, the writing itself isn't great, but this novel woke America up to it's own history

Uncle Tom's Cabin (Bantam Classics) by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Another classic. A book that's a historical document. This one woke America and the world up during the very days of slavery!

Sally Hemings : A Novel by Barbara Chase-Riboud
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There was a lot of hopla around this one, what with the Jefferson people refusing to believe that the honorable gentleman could've slept with a slave woman. But DNA doesn't lie.

Douglass' Women : A Novel by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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A look at Frederick Douglass's love life? Well, yes, and interesting issues are raised as well.

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