Josiah Henson was born into slavery in La Plata, Maryland, and auctioned off as a child to pay his owner's debt. After numerous trials and abuse, he earned the trust of his slaveholder by exhibiting intelligence and skill.Daringly, he

Easily the most controversial antislavery novel written in antebellum America, and one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century, Uncle Tom's Cabin is often credited with intensifying the sectional conflict that led to the Civil War. In his...

The novel that changed the course of American history Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave...

On the ninetieth anniversary of Booker T. Washington's death comes a passionate, provocative dialogue on his complicated legacy, including the complete text of his classic autobiography, Up from Slavery. Booker T. Washington was born a slave in 1858, yet...

In Uncle George and Me, author Bill Sizemore tells the story of his slave-owning Virginia ancestors, their slaves, and those slaves' descendants--a story that lay buried by a century of denial and historical amnesia. Its threads run through the Civil...

Don't allow fear to hold you in bondage. Find your courage as you face your fears.After Josiah and Senora saved Robert from suicide, he still struggles with unforgiveness. How could his mom allow his dad back into their lives again? With hatred on the...

Learn to stand where it has already been burnt so the flames of fear, self doubt, anxiety, and unforgiveness will not harm you. Don't allow fear to hold you in bondage. Find your courage as you face your fears.After Josiah and Senora saved Robert from...

Mutual enemies. Opposite worlds. She fled to keep him safe. He won't stop until he finds her.Waapikoona's journey home was supposed to be a respite from the chaos that tore her from her path in Missouri. Bad news and new grief cut the warm welcome short...

UnBreakable is the riveting story of Katrina Walker, a self-made millionaire who went from being an abused teen bride and mother of four, to one of the most successful women in her region. It's the story of five marriages and a page-turning...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Searing. Powerful. Needed. --Oprah "Sometimes a single story can change the world. Unbound is one of those stories. Tarana's words are a testimony to liberation and love." --Brené Brown From the founder and activist...

Do you believe in fate or free will?Is your fate fixed and unchangeable? Or would you do whatever you could to change it?Tragic or comic, is there a fate worse than death? Is that perhaps being destined for greatness?Do you courageously accept or...

Do you believe in fate or free will?Is your fate fixed and unchangeable? Or would you do whatever you could to change it?Tragic or comic, is there a fate worse than death? Is that perhaps being destined for greatness?Do you courageously accept or...

Geraldine was born in St. Louis, Missouri; lived briefly in Fayette, Mississippi after her unwed mother became ill; then returned to St. Louis to live with a great aunt and her abusive husband. At age ten, her mother returned and rescued her. Up until...

A manifesto from one of America's most influential activists which disrupts political, economic, and social norms by reimagining the Black Radical Tradition. Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian...

The New York Times bestseller A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours' walk from her...

Preston Owens, a Baptist minister, divorces his wife of twelve years not revealing to his congregation or family the true reason why. Soon after the divorce is finalized Preston weds Monique Cheri Anderson, a local news reporter. But because of the...