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Genesis of the Pharaohs: Dramatic New Discoveries Rewrite the Origins of Ancient EgyptGenesis of the Pharaohs: Dramatic New Discoveries Rewrite the Origins of Ancient Egypt by Toby Wilkinson
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the African origins of Egyptian civilization, by a real scientist
The Black Pharaohs: Egypt's Nubian RulersThe Black Pharaohs: Egypt's Nubian Rulers by Robert G. Morkot
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On the Nubian dynasty that once ruled ancient Egypt
Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience (Belknap Press)Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience (Belknap Press) by Frank M. Snowden
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A classical study about how Blacks were viewed in ancient Greece and Rome
Aksum: An African Civilization of Late AntiquityAksum: An African Civilization of Late Antiquity by Stuart Munro-Hay
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Ancient Ethiopia
Ancient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in AfricaAncient Nubia: Egypt's Rival in Africa by David O'Connor
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Ancient Nubia
Ibn Battuta In Black AfricaIbn Battuta In Black Africa by Ibn Battuta
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The Arab traveller Ibn Battuta visited West Africa 700 years ago
The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa (Cambridge World Archaeology)The Archaeology of Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Timothy Insoll
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African Muslim cultures examined
Muslim Societies in African History (New Approaches to African History)Muslim Societies in African History (New Approaches to African History) by David Robinson
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More on African Muslim culture
The African Diaspora in the Indian OceanThe African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean
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Voluntary and involuntary dispersion of East Africans
The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam (Princeton Series on the Middle East)The African Diaspora in the Mediterranean Lands of Islam (Princeton Series on the Middle East) by Eve Troutt Powell
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Black slaves and freedmen in the non-Black Muslim world
Black Africans in Renaissance EuropeBlack Africans in Renaissance Europe
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Black slaves and Mulatto rulers in 15th and 16th century Europe
From Slavery to Freetown: Black Loyalists After the American RevolutionFrom Slavery to Freetown: Black Loyalists After the American Revolution by Mary Louise Clifford
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Blacks who fought for Britain against the US, eventually ending up in Sierra Leone
The Price of Liberty: African Americans and the Making of LiberiaThe Price of Liberty: African Americans and the Making of Liberia by Claude A. III Clegg
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The tragedy of Liberia, an attempt to escape slavery by moving back to Africa
Brothers and Strangers: Black Zion, Black Slavery, 1914–1940Brothers and Strangers: Black Zion, Black Slavery, 1914–1940 by Ibrahim Sundiata
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the tragedy of Liberia continued, featuring Marcus Garvey and others
Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the AmericasMaroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas
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About runaway slaves in the US, the Carribean and Latin America
Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823 by Emilia Viotti da Costa
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One of the major slave rebellions of all time. Ever heard of it?
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo RevolutionThe Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R. James
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Classical study of the first succesful slave rebellion in history: the Haitian revolution
Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia (Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture)Slave Rebellion in Brazil: The Muslim Uprising of 1835 in Bahia (Johns Hopkins Studies in Atlantic History and Culture) by João José Reis
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Black Muslims of the Yoruba people staged a rebellion in Brazil in 1835
The Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking PeopleThe Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking People
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Black runaway slaves in Florida who aligned themselves with American Indians
Freedom on the Border: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and TexasFreedom on the Border: The Seminole Maroons in Florida, the Indian Territory, Coahuila, and Texas by Kevin Mulroy
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More about the Black "Seminoles", on how they escaped re-enslavement
The Forgotten Heroes: The Story Of The Buffalo SoldiersThe Forgotten Heroes: The Story Of The Buffalo Soldiers by Clinton Cox
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Ever wondered what a Buffalo Soldier is? On Black cavalry in the very wild West
The Negro CowboysThe Negro Cowboys by Philip Durham
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Black cowboys, some of whom roamed Tombstone. Your great-great-grandpa?
Black, Red and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territory, 1870-1907Black, Red and Deadly: Black and Indian Gunfighters of the Indian Territory, 1870-1907 by Arthur T. Burton
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Black marshalls and gunfighters in Oklahoma Territory
Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Dover Thrift Editions)Narrative of Sojourner Truth (Dover Thrift Editions) by Sojourner Truth
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The heroine of Black women everywhere
Up from Slavery (Dover Thrift Editions)Up from Slavery (Dover Thrift Editions) by Booker T. Washington
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Autobiography of the great Black American leader Booker T. Washington