Bibliography of slavery in the United States

• • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1999 • • • • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1975 • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1988 • • • • • • • • • • National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2021 • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2011 • • • • • • • • • • Regions The North • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1987 • • • • • The South • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2003 • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1968 • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2005 • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1967 • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2004; Pulitzer Prize for History, 2004 • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1999 • • • • • • Pulitzer Prize for History, 2014 • • • • • Historical eras Colonial Era: 16th century—1776 • • • • • • • • • • Revolutionary Era: 1776—early 19th century • • • Bolton, S. Charles. Fugitivism: Escaping Slavery in the Lower Mississippi Valley, 1820-1860 (University of Arkansas Press, 2019) online • • National Book Award for History and Biography, 1976 • • • • Civil War Era: 1850s—1870s • {{cite book |last=Blight |first=David W. |author-link=David W. Blight |title=Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory |publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |year=2001 |location=Cambridge, MA |url=https://archive.org/details/racereunion00davi/page/n3/mode/2up • • • • National Book Award for History (paperback), 1981; Pulitzer Prize for History,1980 • • • Pulitzer Prize for History, 1977 • Reconstruction/Jim Crow Eras: 1870s—1965 ==Biographies==

's 2018 biography of abolitionist Frederick Douglass won the Pulitzer Prize for History. • • • National Book Award for Nonfiction, 1998 • • • Pulitzer Prize for History, 2019; • • • {{cite book |last=Chesnut |first=Mary Boykin Miller |author-link=Mary Boykin Chesnut |title=Mary Chesnut's Civil War |editor-last=Woodward |editor-first=C. Vann |editor-link=C. Vann Woodward |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1981 |orig-year=1905 |location=New Haven, CT |url=https://archive.org/details/marychesnutscivi0000ches/page/n7/mode/2up • • • • • • National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2008 • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1994 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ==Essay collections==

The following collections explore either related topics or a range of issues tied to slavery. Many of the essays are by leading scholars on the subject. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ==Encyclopedias==

Abolition/anti-slavery • • • • • • • • • • • • National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2014 • • • • • • • • • Harrold, Stanley. American Abolitionism: Its Direct Political Impact from Colonial Times into Reconstruction (U of Virginia Press, 2019) online. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1st of 5 volumes • 2nd of 5 volumes • {{cite book |editor-last=Rodriguez |editor-first=Junius P. |editor-mask=2 |title=Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World, Vols. 1-3 |publisher=Routledge |year=2015 |orig-year=2007 |location=New York • • • • • • Frederick Douglass Book Prize. • • • • • • • • • • • • • Agriculture/plantations • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2015 • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2006 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Constitution/law • • • • • • • • Pulitzer Prize for History, 1979 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Economics/capitalism • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • {{cite book |last=Huston |first=James L. |title=Calculating the Value of the Union: Slavery, Property Rights, and the Economic Origins of the Civil War |publisher=The University of North Carolina Press |year=2003 |location=Chapel Hill, NC |url=https://archive.org/details/calculatingvalue0000hust/page/n5/mode/2up • • • • • • • • • • • • Emancipation/freedom • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2011; Pulitzer Prize for History, 2011 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2020 • • • {{cite book |editor-last=Rodriguez |editor-first=Junius P. |editor-link=Junius P. Rodriguez |title=Encyclopedia of Emancipation and Abolition in the Transatlantic World, Vols. 1-3 |publisher=Routledge |year=2015 |orig-year=2007 |location=New York • • • • • • • Government/politics • • • • • • • • • • Pulitzer Prize for History, 2023 • Pulitzer Prize for History, 1979 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Material culture • • • Native Americans • • {{cite book |last=Gallay |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Gallay |title=The Indian Slave Trade: The Rise of the English Empire in the American South, 1670-1717 |publisher= Yale University Press • • • • • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2017 • • • • • Proslavery • • • • • • • Race/racism • • • • • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1972 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1969; National Book Award for History and Biography, 1969 • • • National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2016 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Slave trade • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Religion • • • • Rebellions/resistance • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 2015 • • • • Basis for the film Amistad • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1994 • • • • • • • • • • • • National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, 2006 • • Underground railroad • • • • • • • • • • Women • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bancroft Prize for American History, 1985 • • • National Book Award for Nonfiction, 2021 • • • • • • • {{cite book |last=Schwalm |first=Leslie |title=A Hard Fight for We: Women's Transition from Slavery to Freedom in South Carolina' • • • • • • • • • ==Primary sources==

• • • • • • • • • • • • • {{cite book • • • • • • • • • Abolition/anti-slavery • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biographies/narratives • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Credited with coining the term "Underground Railroad" a decade earlier • • • • • Proslavery • • • • • • • • • ==For younger readers==

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