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Bury the Chains

Bury the Chains

by Adam Hochschild

From the author of the prize-winning King Leopold's Ghost comes a taut, thrilling account of the first grass-roots human rights campaign, which freed hundreds of thousands of slaves around the world. In 1787, twelve men gathered in a London printing shop to pursue a seemingly impossible goal: ending slavery in the largest empire on earth. Along the way, they would pioneer most of the tools citizen activists still rely on today, from wall posters and mass mailings to boycotts and lapel pins. This... Read more about this item
No Easy Day

No Easy Day

by Mark; Maurer, Kevin Owen

For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moment From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from the mountaintops of Afghanistan to the third floor of Osama Bin Laden’s compound, operator Mark Owen of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group — commonly known as SEAL Team Six — has been... Read more about this item
The Crisis Of Islam

The Crisis Of Islam

by Bernard Lewis

In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise of militant Islam in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, examining the impact of radical Wahhabi proselytizing, and Saudi oil money, on the rest of the Islamic world. The Crisis of Islam ranges widely through thirteen... Read more about this item
American Terrorist

American Terrorist

by Lou; Herbeck, Dan Michel

American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & The Oklahoma City Bombing (2001) is a book by Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck that chronicles the life of American terrorist Timothy McVeigh from his childhood in Pendleton, New York and military experiences in the Persian Gulf War, to the preparations for and carrying out of the Oklahoma City bombing, to his trial and death row experience.
Anarchist Cookbook

Anarchist Cookbook

by William Powell

The Anarchist Cookbook, first published in 1971, is a book that contains instructions for the manufacture of explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices as well as some dangerous, and in many places illegal, items; while some have merit, other 'recipes' have been shown to be flawed or dangerous or both. It was written by William Powell to protest the United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Interest in the book continues.
The Children

The Children

by David Halberstam

DAVID HALBERSTAM graduated from Harvard, where he had served as managing editor of the daily Harvard Crimson.  It was 1955, a year after the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public schools.  Halberstam went south and began his career as the one reporter on the West Point, Mississippi, Daily Times Leader.  He was fired after ten months there and went to work for The Nashville Tennessean.  When the sit-ins broke out in Nashville in February 1960, he was assigned... Read more about this item
Rough Crossings

Rough Crossings

by Simon Schama

Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution is a history book and television series by Simon Schama. This gives an account of the history of thousands of enslaved African Americans who escaped to the British cause during the American War of Independence. It tells of the legal battles in England that established that slavery was not legally valid in England itself, how the British government offered freedom to enslaved African Americans if they would fight for the king.
Die Nigger Die!

Die Nigger Die!

by H Rap Brown

Social Problems

Social Problems

by Stanley D ; Zinn, Maxine Baca Eitzen

Against All Enemies

Against All Enemies

by Clarke- Richard a

In God's Name

In God's Name

by David Yallop

Sugar and Slaves

Sugar and Slaves

by Richard S Dunn-

Race

Race

by Studs Terkel

Pillar Of Fire

Pillar Of Fire

by Taylor Branch

The 9/11 Commission Report

The 9/11 Commission Report

by National Commission On Terrorist Attacks

Many Thousands Gone

Many Thousands Gone

by Ira Berlin

Against All Enemies

Against All Enemies

by Richard A Clarke

Roll, Jordan, Roll

Roll, Jordan, Roll

by Eugene D Genovese-

Parting the Waters

Parting the Waters

by Taylor Branch

The War Of the Flea

The War Of the Flea

by Robert Taber

Bearing the Cross

Bearing the Cross

by David J Garrow

Social Problems

Social Problems

by John J MacIonis

Social Issues, Problems & Crime Books & Ephemera

Milestones

Milestones

by Qutb, Sayyid

Violence In America

Violence In America

by Flannery, Raymond B

Angels In Undress

Angels In Undress

by Benney, Mark

The Unusual Suspect My Calling to the New Hardcore Movement of Faith

The Unusual Suspect My Calling to the New Hardcore Movement of Faith

by Stephen Baldwin; Mark Tabb

FaithWords, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Cover concept by Stephen Baldwin. Jacket design by Jody Waldrup. Jacket photograph by Allen Clark, Thunder Image Group.. interesting book not your usual religious self proclamation –more of a gentle biographical journey – it's actually really funny – some of the childhood escapades are sure to bring a laugh along with the interesting chapter titles much is written about the childhood terrors they should between the six... Read more about this item
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$13.47
Rights, vol. 2, no. 3. November, 1954

Rights, vol. 2, no. 3. November, 1954

by Emergency Civil Liberties Committee

New York: Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1954. Magazine. 15 p., 4x9 inches, wraps slightly worn else good condition.
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$15.00
Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 22 no. 1, First Quarter 1982

Freedomways, a quarterly review of the freedom movement. Vol. 22 no. 1, First Quarter 1982

New York: Freedomways Associates Inc, 1982. Magazine. Single issue of the staplebound journal, 64p., bottom corner of last few pages dog-eared, else very good condition.
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$20.00
New Foundations: a student quarterly: Volume 3, no. 1 (Fall 1949)

New Foundations: a student quarterly: Volume 3, no. 1 (Fall 1949)

New York: New Foundations Cooperative Press, 1949. Single issue of the journal, in staplebound pictorial wraps; 5x8 inches, staples rusted otherwise very good. Magazine associated with the American Youth for Democracy and the Labor Youth League, youth groups of the CPUSA. Includes a Stalinist diatribe against bebop jazz (which, according to a note in the subsequent issue, inspired a flurry of angry letters). "Today, large segments of the working class are being duped by the bourgeoisie into the... Read more about this item
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$25.00
FABULOUS FRAUDS A Study of Great Art Forgeries

FABULOUS FRAUDS A Study of Great Art Forgeries

by LAWRENCE JEPPSON

LONDON: ARLINGTON BOOKS, 1971 Brown boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 250 x155 mm approx. 216 pp. Frontis plate. First Edition 1971. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/ Poor (Book- mild to moderate general shelf wear with a little dust soiling to top margin and top and fore edge of book block, No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- - rubbed and chipped with tears of up to 2 cm approx and very significant loss to whole of top rear... Read more about this item
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$19.37
The words of Martin Luther King, Jr.; selected by Coretta Scott King

The words of Martin Luther King, Jr.; selected by Coretta Scott King

by [King, Martin Luther, Jr.]

New York: Newmarket Press, 1987. Mass Market Paperback. 104p., pocket-size wraps, 6x4 inches; cover portrait is rubbed with bits of abrasion, book is else sound, clean and unmarked.
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$10.00
CLAIMS OF COLLEGES TO PUBLIC FAVOR- KNOX COLLEGE. AN ADDRESS BY REV. GEORGE W. GALE, PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN KNOX COLLEGE, ILLINOIS, DELIVERED AT THEIR ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT, JULY 23, 1847

CLAIMS OF COLLEGES TO PUBLIC FAVOR- KNOX COLLEGE. AN ADDRESS BY REV. GEORGE W. GALE, PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN KNOX COLLEGE, ILLINOIS, DELIVERED AT THEIR ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT, JULY 23, 1847

by Gale, George W[ashington]

Galesburg: Southwick Davis, Printer, 1847. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lightly foxed, Good+. This is probably the earliest Galesburg imprint; it is Southwick Davis's first, according to OCLC. Terry Tanner, amending Byrd 1088, states: "No press is known to have been active in Galesburg in 1846." [Tanner, Some Corrections and Emendations to Cecil K. Byrd's A Bibliography of Illinois Imprints.] "This imprint preceded the appearance of a newspaper in Galesburg by almost two years...The West appealed to... Read more about this item
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$500.00
The Slaves We Rent. Photographs by the author

The Slaves We Rent. Photographs by the author

by Moore, Truman

New York: Random House, 1965. Hardcover. xiii, 171p., illus., photos., slightly edgeworn dustjacket, else in very good condition. On migrant farm labor.
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$12.00
Fortune no.1

Fortune no.1

by Patrick, Dean

[Olympia, WA]: Nondescript Press, 2004. Pamphlet. [1], 11p., illustration, wraps. 8.5 x 5 in. Bottom corner slightly curled. Personal zine. The author records his experiences attempting to live a life of "beauty, truth, and love," per Rob Brezsny's bestowal of sainthood on all Free Will Astrology followers, while also living out of his car.
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$15.00
Pietro's Pilgrimage. A Journey to India and back at the beginning of the Seventeenth Century

Pietro's Pilgrimage. A Journey to India and back at the beginning of the Seventeenth Century

by Blunt, Wilfred [Scawen]

London: James Barrie, 1953. Hardcover. xii, 320p., scattered period illustrations in b&w, the hardbound first edition in not quite collectable condition, but a good reading copy: spine panel is sunned with the light blue of the covers faded to grey, covers look a little "handled," a copyright cancellation strip has bled through onto titlepage, lacks the dust jacket, text pages are entirely clean and unmarked, and textblock and casing together are square and sound. A useful book as is. Pietro spent two... Read more about this item
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$12.00
Sarah's long walk; the free blacks of Boston and how their struggle for equality changed America

Sarah's long walk; the free blacks of Boston and how their struggle for equality changed America

by Kendrick, Stephen and Paul Kendrick

Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. Hardcover. xxiii, 300p., illus. in text, first printing, very good in dj. On the struggle to desegregate Boston's public schools, from 1847 to Brown.
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$12.00
Agrarian leadership and violence in Mexico

Agrarian leadership and violence in Mexico

by Friedrich, Paul

Chicago: university of Chicago, 1981. Pamphlet. Various pagination, stapled wraps, small stain on front wrap else very good condition, 5.5x8.5 inches. Reprints from various journals by Friedrich. The University of Chicago, Center for Latin American Studies. Occasional publications no. 2.
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$15.00
El Malcriado: The voice of the farm worker. vol. 3, no. 24 (May 1, 1970)

El Malcriado: The voice of the farm worker. vol. 3, no. 24 (May 1, 1970)

Delano: United Farm Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO, 1970. Newspaper. 16p., 8x11 inches; illus., photos., cartoons, address on rear wrap, toned else very good condition.
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$45.00
ELECTORS OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT! READ AND CONSIDER!!! AT A MEETING OF GENTLEMEN OF THE WHIG PARTY, AND OF CITIZENS GENERALLY, FAVORABLE TO THE ELECTION OF HON. WILKINS UPDIKE, FOR CONGRESS, HELD AT KINGSTON COURT HOUSE, AUG. 11, 1847

ELECTORS OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT! READ AND CONSIDER!!! AT A MEETING OF GENTLEMEN OF THE WHIG PARTY, AND OF CITIZENS GENERALLY, FAVORABLE TO THE ELECTION OF HON. WILKINS UPDIKE, FOR CONGRESS, HELD AT KINGSTON COURT HOUSE, AUG. 11, 1847

by [Whig Party in Rhode Island]

[South Kingston RI], 1847. 12-1/2" x 19," printed broadside. Narrow portions of blank margins toned. Old folds. Very Good, with a cut of runaway slaves. Printed in three columns, this scarce broadside emphasizes its anti-slavery position with cuts of three runaway slaves. Its Whig authors denounce the War with Mexico as "unjust and wicked . . . But it was not merely the amount of public money squandered in this war, it was not even the great danger to the liberties of the country from the enormous and... Read more about this item
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$850.00
Religion, commerce, liberty a record of a time of storm and change 1683-1793, with four maps and three indexes

Religion, commerce, liberty a record of a time of storm and change 1683-1793, with four maps and three indexes

by Jeudwine, J. W

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1925. xxxiv, 391p., first edition cloth boards; casebinding is somewhat edgeworn, a lower joint has begun to split (while the hinge remains sound) and the backstrip is dust-soiled. Textblock edges are browned and foxed.
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$15.00
Slavery in the cities; the South 1820-1860

Slavery in the cities; the South 1820-1860

by Wade, Richard C

New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. Hardcover. x, 340p., shelfworn and faded dj., a couple of pen underlines, stamp of previous owner on ffep, European-American historian.
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$15.00
Chains of fear; American race relations since reconstruction

Chains of fear; American race relations since reconstruction

by Cassity, Michael A

Westport: Greenwood Press, 1984. Hardcover. xxxv, 253p., review sheet laid in, first printing. Documents and an introduction. Grass roots perspectives on American history 3.
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$20.00
The Color Of Our Future

The Color Of Our Future

by Chideya, Farai

Morrow, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. A Near FINE crisp copy with a Near FINE bright dj.
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$7.00
Indian Primer: the outstanding facts about the condition and treatment of American Indians today; their civil rights; and a program of remedies

Indian Primer: the outstanding facts about the condition and treatment of American Indians today; their civil rights; and a program of remedies

by American Civil Liberties Union

New York: Committee on Indian Civil Rights of the American Civil Liberties Union, 1932. 8p., including wraps, 6x9 inches, map of Indian Reservations, wraps a bit soiled with minor handling wear, bottom edges of both wraps toned else good condition. A brief introduction to the plight of Native Americans in the 1930s.
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$15.00
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM V.E. PIOLLET TO JOHN HASTINGS, CONCERNING THE UNSUCCESSFUL "EXTRAORDINARY EXERTIONS" IN THE 1846 ELECTION TO DEFEAT THEIR PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN DAVID WILMOT, AUTHOR OF THE CONTROVERSIAL "WILMOT PROVISO" BANNING SLAVERY FROM THE MEXICAN CESSION

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM V.E. PIOLLET TO JOHN HASTINGS, CONCERNING THE UNSUCCESSFUL "EXTRAORDINARY EXERTIONS" IN THE 1846 ELECTION TO DEFEAT THEIR PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSMAN DAVID WILMOT, AUTHOR OF THE CONTROVERSIAL "WILMOT PROVISO" BANNING SLAVERY FROM THE MEXICAN CESSION

by [Wilmot, David]

Towanda, PA, 1846. Single leaf, entirely in ink manuscript. The recto filled with Piollet's letter; folded for mailing, with address to "John Hastings Esq. | Brooksville | Jefferson County | Pa." Remnant of red seal on blank portion of verso. Light wear. Very Good. Victor E. Piollet [1812 - 1890] was a Democrat, and friend and supporter of David Wilmot, an antislavery Democratic Congressman from Piollet's district. Wilmot had signaled Northern Democrats' disaffection with their southern colleagues by... Read more about this item
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$850.00
Bouki fait gombo, a history of the slave community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation), Louisiana, 1750-1860

Bouki fait gombo, a history of the slave community of Habitation Haydel (Whitney Plantation), Louisiana, 1750-1860

by Seck, Ibrahima

New Orleans: University of New Orleans Press, 2014. Paperback. xviii, 215p., wraps, very good condition.
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$12.00
Covid-19 in New York City; an ecology of race and class oppression

Covid-19 in New York City; an ecology of race and class oppression

by Wallace, Deborah and Rodrick

Springer, 2021. Paperback. 77p., wraps, faint handling, else in very good condition.
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$25.00
Uncertain Resurrection: The Poor People's Washington Campaign

Uncertain Resurrection: The Poor People's Washington Campaign

by Fager, Charles

Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1969. Paperback. 142p., wraps, 5.25x8.5 inches, bottom corner of half-title torn off with no loss of text, a few pages dog-eared, else very good condition.
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$35.00
Rights: Vol. 38, No. 1, May-June 1992; The State Department Relaunches "The Voyage of the Damned

Rights: Vol. 38, No. 1, May-June 1992; The State Department Relaunches "The Voyage of the Damned

by Kisseloff, Jeff, editor

New York: Emergency Civil Liberties Committee, 1992. Magazine. 16p., 8.25x10.75 inches, evenly toned, else very good condition. Cover story on Haitian refugees.
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$15.00
THE ADDRESS OF SOUTHERN DELEGATES IN CONGRESS, TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS

THE ADDRESS OF SOUTHERN DELEGATES IN CONGRESS, TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS

by [Southern Rights]

[Washington, 1849. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly foxed, Good+. An early attempt, after the close of the Mexican War and just before Zachary Taylor's inauguration, to organize the South with a single pro-slavery voice. Drafted initially by John C. Calhoun, the Address was deemed by some Southern congressman "too drastic" [Potter] and modified accordingly. As finally issued, it is an articulate, dignified assertion of the South's complaint that the North had breached the original constitutional... Read more about this item
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$350.00