5 great books about slavery

This is not a top 5, I just want to briefly present 5 books I read about slavery. Each of them talks about a different kind of slavery and are, in my opinion, the best in their category. Don't hesitate to let a comment to talk about the books which influenced you !

1) Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision

By Barbara Ransby

Ella Baker (1903-1986) was one of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential woman in the civil rights movement. I recently read this one and it really touched me : this is not only a well-told story, that's also a part of the American (modern) History that is described in this book.

One of the things that has to be faced is the process of waiting to change the system, how much we have got to do to find out who we are, where we have come from and where we are going.

Ella Baker

2) Transformations in Slavery: A History of Slavery in Africa

By Paul E. Lovejoy

This history of African slavery from the fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries examines how indigenous African slavery developed within an international context. I don't know if this one is the best about African slavery but that's the one which made me understand what slavery business really was. If you just imagine slavery as a fact and not as a social phenomenon, this book is made for you.

3) Modern Slavery: The Secret World of 27 Million People

By Kevin Bales, Zoe Trodd and Alex Kent Williamson

Facts are here: there are 27 million slaves alive today, more than at any point in history, and more than were stolen from Africa during four centuries of the transatlantic slave trade. This book enlightens the terrible truth about modern slavery : it's everywhere and bigger than ever.

"Modern Slavery is the most riveting exposee I've read in recent years and should forever redefine the phase "economic injustice."

Barbara Ehrenreich

4) Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Day Slavery

By Jesse Sage

A good book if you want to discover what's the daily life of a slave. This groundbreaking collection includes accounts written by ten former slaves and slaveholders in Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the United States. From Micheline, a Haitian girl who wound up as a domestic worker in Connecticut, to Abdel, a Mauritanian slave owner turned abolitionist.

5) Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave

By Shyima Hall with Lisa Wysocky

An inspiring and compelling memoir from a young woman who lost her childhood to slavery and built a new life grounded in determination and justice. A typical example of what is still happening (the author is born in 1989...). At the same time despairing when you realize what people can do and inspiring when you see her courage.

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