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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
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Solomon Northrup
Against Slavery: An Abolitionist Reader (Various Authors)
Against Slavery: An Abolitionist Reader
2
Various Authors
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story (Mark L. Shurtleff)
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story
3
Mark L. Shurtleff
The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom (Marcus Rediker)
The Amistad Rebellion: An Atlantic Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom
4
Marcus Rediker
Amos Fortune, Free Man (Elizabeth Yates)
Amos Fortune, Free Man
5
Elizabeth Yates
The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist (Deirdre O'Connell)
The Ballad of Blind Tom, Slave Pianist
6
Deirdre O'Connell
Be Free or Die (Cate Lineberry)
Be Free or Die
7
Cate Lineberry
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
8
Toni Morrison
The Black Romantic Revolution: Abolitionist Poets at the End of Slavery (Matt Sandler)
The Black Romantic Revolution: Abolitionist Poets at the End of Slavery
9
Matt Sandler
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name) (Lawrence Hill)
The Book of Negroes (US Title: Someone Knows My Name)
10
Lawrence Hill
The Book of Night Women (Marlon James)
The Book of Night Women
11
Marlon James
Bullwhip Days (James Mellon)
Bullwhip Days
12
James Mellon
Cane River (Lalita Tademy)
Cane River
13
Lalita Tademy
Chains (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Chains
14
Laurie Halse Anderson
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
15
Stephanie M.H. Camp
Come Juneteenth (Ann Rinaldi)
Come Juneteenth
16
Ann Rinaldi
The Confessions of Nat Turner (William Styron)
The Confessions of Nat Turner
17
William Styron
Copper Sun (Sharon M. Draper)
Copper Sun
18
Sharon M. Draper
Day of Tears (Julius Lester)
Day of Tears
19
Julius Lester
The Door of No Return (Kwame Alexander)
The Door of No Return
20
Kwame Alexander
Empire of Cotton (Sven Beckert)
Empire of Cotton
21
Sven Beckert
Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem (Sojourner Kincaid Rolle)
Free at Last: A Juneteenth Poem
22
Sojourner Kincaid Rolle
Freedom Over Me (Ashley Bryan)
Freedom Over Me
23
Ashley Bryan
The Glory Field (Walter Dean Myers)
The Glory Field
24
Walter Dean Myers
The Good Lord Bird (James McBride)
The Good Lord Bird
25
James McBride
The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward E. Baptist)
The Half Has Never Been Told
26
Edward E. Baptist
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom (Catherine Clinton)
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom
27
Catherine Clinton
Heart and Soul : The Story of America and African Americans (Kadir Nelson)
Heart and Soul : The Story of America and African Americans
28
Kadir Nelson
The Hemingses of Monticello (Annette Gordon-Reed)
The Hemingses of Monticello
29
Annette Gordon-Reed
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From the Underground Railroad
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story From the Underground Railroad
30
High on the Hog (Jessica B. Harris)
High on the Hog
31
Jessica B. Harris
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
32
Yaa Gyasi
Horse (Geraldine Brooks)
Horse
33
Geraldine Brooks
How the Word Is Passed (Clint Smith)
How the Word Is Passed
34
Clint Smith
Huckelberry Finn
Huckelberry Finn
35
In the Shadow of Liberty (Kenneth C. Davis)
In the Shadow of Liberty
36
Kenneth C. Davis
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
37
Harriet Jacobs
Inhuman Bondage (David Brion Davis)
Inhuman Bondage
38
David Brion Davis
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
39
Olaudah Equiano
The Invention of Wings (Sue Monk Kidd)
The Invention of Wings
40
Sue Monk Kidd
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