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Juneteenth: Slavery and Freedom in America

As the holiday approaches I started to think about the legacy of slavery and Freedom in America. The books that follow deal with these issues and explore how that history shapes America even today. While I have included children's literature, I have also included both novels, nonfiction and biographies involving the subject. It is a complicated holiday; Is it a celebration of Freedom? Or a remembering of some of our country's darkest times? Read a handful of these books and decide for yourself.
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12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northrup)
12 Years a Slave (Solomon Northrup)
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Against Slavery: An Abolitionist Reader (Various Authors)
Against Slavery: An Abolitionist Reader (Various Authors)
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Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story (Mark L. Shurtleff)
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story (Mark L. Shurtleff)
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The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Marcus Rediker)
The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Marcus Rediker)
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Amos Fortune, Free Man (Elizabeth Yates)
Amos Fortune, Free Man (Elizabeth Yates)
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The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist (Deirdre O'Connell)
The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist (Deirdre O'Connell)
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Be Free or Die (Cate Lineberry)
Be Free or Die (Cate Lineberry)
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Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
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The Black Romantic Revolution: Abolitionist Poets at the End of Slavery (Matt Sandler)
The Black Romantic Revolution: Abolitionist Poets at the End of Slavery (Matt Sandler)
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The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name)
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name)
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The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
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Bullwhip Days (James Mellon)
Bullwhip Days (James Mellon)
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Cane River (Lalita Tademy)
Cane River (Lalita Tademy)
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Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson)
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Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women & Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South (Stephanie M.H. Camp)
Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women & Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South (Stephanie M.H. Camp)
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Come Juneteenth (Ann Rinaldi)
Come Juneteenth (Ann Rinaldi)
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The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
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Copper Sun (Sharon M. Draper)
Copper Sun (Sharon M. Draper)
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Day of Tears (Julius Lester)
Day of Tears (Julius Lester)
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The Door of No Return (Kwame Alexander)
The Door of No Return (Kwame Alexander)
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Empire of Cotton (Sven Beckert)
Empire of Cotton (Sven Beckert)
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Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem (Sojourner Kincaid Rolle)
Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem (Sojourner Kincaid Rolle)
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Freedom Over Me (Ashley Bryan)
Freedom Over Me (Ashley Bryan)
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The Glory Field (Walter Dean Myers)
The Glory Field (Walter Dean Myers)
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The Good Lord Bird (James McBride)
The Good Lord Bird (James McBride)
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The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward E. Baptist)
The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward E. Baptist)
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Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom (Catherine Clinton)
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom (Catherine Clinton)
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Heart and Soul : The Story of America and African Americans (Kadir Nelson)
Heart and Soul : The Story of America and African Americans (Kadir Nelson)
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The Hemingses of Monticello (Annette Gordon-Reed)
The Hemingses of Monticello (Annette Gordon-Reed)
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Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From the Underground Railroad
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From the Underground Railroad
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High on the Hog (Jessica B. Harris)
High on the Hog (Jessica B. Harris)
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Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
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Horse (Geraldine Brooks)
Horse (Geraldine Brooks)
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How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
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Huckelberry Finn
Huckelberry Finn
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In the Shadow of Liberty (Kenneth C. Davis)
In the Shadow of Liberty (Kenneth C. Davis)
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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Inhuman Bondage (David Brion Davis)
Inhuman Bondage (David Brion Davis)
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
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The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings
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