Gain a better appreciation for African American history by picking up the following books about slavery. Gives voice, as a teenager returned to the Christian family in England, to the half-Tahitian daughter of the British ship Bountys second-in-command and mutineer, Fletcher Christian Includes bibliographical references (p. Back-breaking work and deprivation lead to stories of triumph over great adversity. Mutinys Daughter : Rinaldi, Ann:.

Certain scenes can be tough to witness, but books about slavery also celebrate the ingenuity and bravery of slaves who fought for freedom. Oscie Mason, a proud daughter of the Old South, is infuriated by her stepfathers opinions about slavery, the Confederacy, and Oscies childhood world, and when he moves the family, Oscie learns about battles fought inside the home. Readers connect with dehumanized slaves who are severed from their African homeland and forced into unspeakable acts. Even in the fiction genre, authors pull our attention and heartstrings by portraying historically accurate accounts on the reality of slavery. She had to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousins. Belonging to Ann Rinaldis Great Episodes series, this historical fiction.

However, slavery is still practiced today with an estimated 30 million living enslaved worldwide.īooks about slavery don’t shy away from this traumatic social justice issue they follow characters living through its brutal effects. Ann’s mother died soon after she was born. Scarlett OHara is the spoiled young daughter of a wealthy slaveholder in. Large cotton plantations below the Maxon-Dixon line used and abused slaves sold through the Atlantic slave trade.Īfter the bloody Civil War ended in 1865, slavery was formally abolished in the United States. All Thirteen Colonies legalized slavery, but it was particularly important to the South’s economy. In the early 17th century, Dutch traders first captured Africans for forced labor in tobacco fields and planted the seeds of slavery in America. Many historical fiction authors have confronted our nation’s cruel, inhumane past by crafting books about slavery.

Mutiny's Daughter by Ann Rinaldi