The most popular French slavery books

Books about slavery tell of people bought, sold and forced to labor, and of their resistance. First-hand narratives, histories and powerful novels describe the trade, the plantations and the fight for freedom. They also trace a legacy that still shapes societies today. Only books in French are listed.

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Les Abysses
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Les Abysses

Rivers Solomon, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes

2019 · 2021 edition

224 pages

Femmes, race et classe
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Femmes, race et classe

Angela Y. Davis, Ana Varela Mateos, Pastora Filigrana García

1981 · 1983 edition

341 pages

Un don
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Un don

Toni Morrison

1998 · 2009 edition

192 pages

Le Dieu Fleuve
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Le Dieu Fleuve

Wilbur Smith

1993 · 2002 edition

735 pages

Barracoon
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Barracoon

Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Deborah G. Plant

1998 · 2021 edition

240 pages

Atlas Des Esclavages
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Atlas Des Esclavages

Marcel Dorigny, Bernard Gainot, Fabrice Le Goff

Published 2013

100 pages

I am not your negro
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I am not your negro

James Baldwin, Peck, Raoul, editor, author of introduction

2017 · 2018 edition

168 pages

Jubilee
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Jubilee

Margaret Walker

1972 · 1981 edition

HIGH RHULAIN
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HIGH RHULAIN

Brian Jacques

Published 2005

32 pages

De la traite à l'esclavage
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De la traite à l'esclavage

Colloque international sur la traite des noirs (1985 Nantes, France), Serge Daget, Université de Nantes. Centre de recherches sur l'histoire du monde atlantique, Société Française D'histoire D'outre-mer

Published 1988