Books about Slavery

11 books

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" by Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston

Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano

Song Yet Sung by James McBride

Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation by Kris Manjapra

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead

The Story of Land and Sea by Katy Simpson Smith

Katy Simpson Smith

A Mercy by Toni Morrison