Slavery

1.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,929 ratings
2.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,364 ratings
3.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,995 ratings
4.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,547 ratings
5.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,960 ratings
6.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,331 ratings
7.
Up from Slavery
Up from Slavery 4.11 avg rating — 35,601 ratings
8.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,131 ratings
9.
Slaves in the Family
Slaves in the Family 4.04 avg rating — 3,020 ratings
10.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating — 56,859 ratings
11.
Benito Cereno
Benito Cereno 3.53 avg rating — 9,676 ratings
12.
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano 3.74 avg rating — 14,418 ratings
13.
Cane River
Cane River 4.08 avg rating — 50,067 ratings
14.
North and South (North and South, #1)
North and South (North and South, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 62,170 ratings
15.
Amistad
Amistad 3.85 avg rating — 357 ratings
16.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 4.18 avg rating — 14,106 ratings
17.
Voices from Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives
Voices from Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives 4.33 avg rating — 186 ratings
18.
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad 4.06 avg rating — 433,331 ratings
19.
Middle Passage
Middle Passage 3.85 avg rating — 5,410 ratings
20.
The Slave Ship: A Human History
The Slave Ship: A Human History 4.12 avg rating — 2,151 ratings
21.
Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy
Mutiny on the Amistad: The Saga of a Slave Revolt and Its Impact on American Abolition, Law, and Diplomacy 3.49 avg rating — 160 ratings
22.
Sally Hemings
Sally Hemings 3.98 avg rating — 1,617 ratings
23.
Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South
Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South 3.93 avg rating — 82 ratings
24.
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1)
Sacred Hunger (Sacred Hunger #1) 4.12 avg rating — 7,406 ratings
25.
Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005
Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1787-2005 3.99 avg rating — 68 ratings
26.
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1)
A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 3,540 ratings
27.
Jubilee
Jubilee 4.37 avg rating — 6,827 ratings
28.
Amistad
Amistad 3.82 avg rating — 598 ratings
29.
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom 4.38 avg rating — 12,159 ratings
30.
Women's Slave Narratives
Women's Slave Narratives 3.84 avg rating — 80 ratings
31.
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe
The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe 3.97 avg rating — 77 ratings
32.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,017 ratings
33.
Property
Property 3.70 avg rating — 5,850 ratings
34.
Wench
Wench 3.73 avg rating — 18,203 ratings
34.
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 4.01 avg rating — 70,870 ratings
36.
Bullwhip Days: The Slaves Remember: An Oral History
Bullwhip Days: The Slaves Remember: An Oral History 4.50 avg rating — 378 ratings
36.
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating — 90,245 ratings
38.
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves
The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves 4.02 avg rating — 465 ratings
39.
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
The Narrative of Sojourner Truth 4.10 avg rating — 10,543 ratings
40.
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation
Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation 4.49 avg rating — 394 ratings
41.
Cane
Cane 3.82 avg rating — 11,324 ratings
42.
The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion
The Fires of Jubilee: Nat Turner's Fierce Rebellion 3.80 avg rating — 660 ratings
43.
A Mercy
A Mercy 3.76 avg rating — 31,912 ratings
44.
Our Nig or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Our Nig or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black 3.74 avg rating — 3,208 ratings
45.
Copper Sun
Copper Sun 4.35 avg rating — 16,907 ratings
46.
The Book of Night Women
The Book of Night Women 4.37 avg rating — 14,808 ratings
47.
Iola Leroy
Iola Leroy 3.54 avg rating — 1,709 ratings
48.
The Bondwoman's Narrative
The Bondwoman's Narrative 3.91 avg rating — 2,336 ratings
49.
"Gentlemen of Property and Standing": Anti-Abolition Mobs in Jacksonian America
"Gentlemen of Property and Standing": Anti-Abolition Mobs in Jacksonian America 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
50.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,728 ratings
50.
By the Rivers of Water: A Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey
By the Rivers of Water: A Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Odyssey 4.04 avg rating — 56 ratings
52.
The Feast of All Saints
The Feast of All Saints
by: Anne Rice
3.88 avg rating — 18,586 ratings
53.
Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic
Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic 4.08 avg rating — 163 ratings
54.
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family 4.02 avg rating — 6,800 ratings
55.
The Minister's Wooing
The Minister's Wooing 3.60 avg rating — 335 ratings
55.
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from The Federal Writers' Project
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from The Federal Writers' Project 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
57.
For God, Country and the Confederacy: Completing the Circle of Acceptance
For God, Country and the Confederacy: Completing the Circle of Acceptance liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
58.
A Woman Named Solitude
A Woman Named Solitude 3.55 avg rating — 206 ratings
59.
Dessa Rose
Dessa Rose 3.80 avg rating — 990 ratings
60.
Clotel: or, The President's Daughter
Clotel: or, The President's Daughter 3.63 avg rating — 2,351 ratings
61.
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II 4.38 avg rating — 7,035 ratings
62.
Echo of Lions
Echo of Lions 3.85 avg rating — 39 ratings
63.
The President's Daughter
The President's Daughter 3.75 avg rating — 350 ratings
64.
The Pull Of Freedom
The Pull Of Freedom 4.37 avg rating — 59 ratings
64.
The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House 4.23 avg rating — 295,484 ratings
64.
Pilgrims Rest
Pilgrims Rest 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
64.
In the Land of Cotton
In the Land of Cotton 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings
64.
Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter
Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Planter 4.02 avg rating — 52 ratings
64.
Murder Along Burley Creek
Murder Along Burley Creek 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
64.
Burning Uncle Tom's Cabin
Burning Uncle Tom's Cabin 4.08 avg rating — 353 ratings
64.
The Lincoln Hypothesis: A Modern-day Abolitionist Investigates the Possible Connection Between Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln Hypothesis: A Modern-day Abolitionist Investigates the Possible Connection Between Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and Abraham Lincoln 4.19 avg rating — 2,421 ratings
64.
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy
Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy 4.22 avg rating — 1,456 ratings
64.
Steering to Freedom
Steering to Freedom 4.74 avg rating — 23 ratings
64.
Yoke of Wind
Yoke of Wind 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
64.
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 3.90 avg rating — 131 ratings
64.
In Defiance: Runaways from Slavery in New York's Hudson River Valley, 1735-1831
In Defiance: Runaways from Slavery in New York's Hudson River Valley, 1735-1831 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
64.
The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery
The Zong: A Massacre, the Law and the End of Slavery 4.26 avg rating — 114 ratings
64.
Nightjohn
Nightjohn 3.86 avg rating — 5,515 ratings
64.
White Slave: The True Story of Richard Haselton
White Slave: The True Story of Richard Haselton 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
64.
Brothers of the Wind (Angloromani Family Saga)
Brothers of the Wind (Angloromani Family Saga) 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings
64.
Seeds of Slavery
Seeds of Slavery 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
64.
TWAS The Year 2020
TWAS The Year 2020 3.85 avg rating — 34 ratings
64.
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
by: Dean King
4.07 avg rating — 12,042 ratings
64.
Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House 3.86 avg rating — 4,108 ratings
64.
Yellow Wife
Yellow Wife 4.43 avg rating — 78,868 ratings
64.
Lost Seeds: The Beginning (Lost Seeds, #1)
Lost Seeds: The Beginning (Lost Seeds, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 29 ratings
64.
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts 4.27 avg rating — 5,748 ratings
64.
The Cimaroons
The Cimaroons 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
64.
Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Anti-Slavery Labours in the United States, Canada, and England
Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: His Anti-Slavery Labours in the United States, Canada, and England 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
64.
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery 4.41 avg rating — 51 ratings
91.
Glow
Glow 3.62 avg rating — 1,096 ratings
91.
Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market
Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market 4.11 avg rating — 2,011 ratings
91.
The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South 4.18 avg rating — 2,341 ratings
91.
My Larger Education: Chapters from My Experience
My Larger Education: Chapters from My Experience 4.42 avg rating — 40 ratings
91.
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story
Am I Not a Man?: The Dred Scott Story 3.92 avg rating — 120 ratings
91.
The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution
The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
97.
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora 3.84 avg rating — 580 ratings
97.
Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship
Dark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship 3.52 avg rating — 94 ratings
97.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,281 ratings
97.
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry
The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry 4.47 avg rating — 413 ratings
Next