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The Slave Across the Street

by Theresa Flores, PeggySue Wells

Published: 2010-01-11

Paperback: 160 pages

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While more and more people each day become aware of the dangerous world of human trafficking, most people in the U.S. still believe this is something that happens to foreign women, men and children--not something that happens to their own. In this powerful true story, Theresa Flores share...

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The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South

by John W. Blassingame

Published: 1979-11-01

Paperback: 432 pages

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Taking into account the major recent studies, this volume presents an updated analysis of the life of the black slave--his African heritage, culture, family, acculturation, behavior, religion, and personality.

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The Slave Master's Son

by Tiana Laveen

Published: 2012-01-10

Paperback: 314 pages

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The 1800s for Black Americans was a time of forced servitude, anguish, heartbreak, and strength of faith. John, a wealthy Richmond, Virginia slave owner's son, and Hannah, the Negro daughter of a protective and loving mother, grew up as playmates, sharing their lives and dreams. Soon a sweet and tumultuous...

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Slaves in the Family

by Edward Ball

Published: 1998-12-29

Paperback: 505 pages

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER"[A] LANDMARK BOOK."--San Francisco Chronicle"POWERFUL."--The New York Times Book Review"GRIPPING."--The Boston Sunday Globe"BRILLIANT."--The New Yorker"EVERYONE SHOULD READ AND LEARN FROM THIS LUMINOUS BOOK...Like Alex Haley's Roots, through which African American histo...

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Slaves of Obsession: A William Monk Novel (William Monk Novels)

by Anne Perry

Published: 2001-10-02

Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages

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The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and bare...

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Slay It With Flowers

by Kate Collins

Published: 2005-03-01

Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages

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Law school drop-out-turned-flower shop owner Abby Knight has been asked to be a bridesmaid by her cousin. But before the couple says "I do," a groomsman disappears-and another member of the wedding party is found dead. Abby has to hurry down an aisle of suspects to unveil the truth-and make sure the...

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Sleep Talkin' Man

by Karen Slavick-Lennard

Published: 2013-01-08

Paperback: 304 pages

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Sleep Toward Heaven: A Novel

by Amanda Eyre Ward

Published: 2004-02-17

Paperback: 304 pages

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Amanda Eyre Ward's debut novel is an intimate portrait of three women whose lives collide during a brutal Texas summer.In Gatestown, Texas, twenty-nine-year-old Karen Lowens awaits her execution with a host of convicted serial killers on death row. In Manhattan, Dr. Franny Wren, also twent...

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Sleepaway Girls

by Jen Calonita

Published: 2009-05-01

Hardcover: 304 pages

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When Sam's best friend gets her first boyfriend, she's not ready to spend the summer listening to the two of them call each other "pookie." Sick of being a third wheel, Sam applies to be a counselor-in-training at Whispering Pines camp in the New York Catskills. But what she doesn't realize is that it's...

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Sleepers

by Lorenzo Carcaterra

Published: 1996-03-02

Paperback: 0 pages

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"Undeniably powerful, an enormously affecting and intensely human story."--The Washington Post Book World"A GUT-WRENCHING PIECE OF WORK. . . Carcaterra's graphic narrative grips like gunfire in a dark alley."--The Atlanta Journal & Constitution"In his controversial memoir SLEEPERS, Carcate...