Resistance, Escape, and the Abolition Movement

The Free and the Dead: The Untold Story of the Black Seminole Chief, the Indigenous Rebel, and America's Forgotten War Hardcover – February 3, 2026
by Jamie Holmes (Author)

The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War Paperback – February 7, 2023
by Jonathan Daniel Wells (Author)

Daring to Be Free: Rebellion and Resistance of the Enslaved in the Atlantic World Hardcover – December 2, 2025
by Sudhir Hazareesingh (Author)

Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol Paperback – October 17, 1997 (New Edition 2024)
by Nell Irvin Painter (Author)

The Life and Legend of Bras-Coupé: The Fugitive Slave Who Fought the Law, Ruled the Swamp, Danced at Congo Square, Invented Jazz, and Died for Love Hardcover – Illustrated, March 4, 2019
by Bryan Wagner (Author)

Slave No More: Self-Liberation Before Abolitionism in the Americas Paperback – March 11, 2019
by Aline Helg (Author), Lara Vergnaud (Translator)

COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War Hardcover – February 9, 2024
by Edda L. Fields-Black (Author)

The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America Paperback – September 1, 2016
by Gerald Horne (Author)

Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea Hardcover – May 13, 2025
by Marcus Rediker (Author)

Toussaint Louverture: A Revolutionary Life Hardcover – November 22, 2016
by Philippe Girard (Author)

The Common Wind: Afro-American Currents in the Age of the Haitian Revolution Paperback – September 1, 2020
by Julius S. Scott (Author)

Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People (Significations) Paperback – June 18, 2024
by Tiya Miles (Author), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Series Editor)