Chambers, Veronica.
Amistad Rising - A Story of Freedom
. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1998. A children’s picture book that recounts the Amistad rebellion.
Ciment, James.
Atlas of African - American History
. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001. History of slavery through the twentieth century. This book provides a history of the African Continent.
Hamilton, Virginia.
How Many Thousands Gone - African American from Slavery to Freedom
. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. This book focuses on the Underground Railroad.
Hansen, Joyce.
The Captive
. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1994. A children’s story that tells of an African boy taken into slavery at the age of thirteen.
Myers, Walter Dean.
Amistad - A long Road to Freedom
. New York: Puffin Book, 1997. This book recounts the Amistad story from the beginning to what is known about the survivors on their return to Africa.
Myers, Walter Dean.
Abd al-Raman Ibrahima
. Illinois: McDougal Littell Literature Series, 2001. A children’s story of an African Prince taken into slavery.
Rappaport, Doreen.
No More / Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance
. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2002. This book contains nonfictional stories and songs of slave resistance.
Schneider, Dorothy and Carl J.
Slavery in America from Colonial Time to the Civil War
. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001. This book is a comprehensive textbook of slavery in America
Thomas, Velma Maia.
Lest We Forget
. New York: Crown Publishers, 1997. This book tells with photographs and first hand accounts about how it is to grow up black in America; past to present.
Watkins, Richard.
Slavery - Bondage Throughout History
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. This book provides historical accounts of how slavery evolved and the reasons for it. The book also includes chapters on slavery in modern times.
Zeinert, Karen.
The Amistad Slave Revolt and American Abolition
. Connecticut: Linnet Book, 1997. A children’s story that tells the story of the Amistad through illustrations.
