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"It is staggering that there is no date commemorating the end of slavery in the United States." --Annette Gordon-Reed The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth's integral importance to American history, as told by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Texas native. Weaving together American history, dramatic family chronicle, and searing episodes of memoir, Annette Gordon-Reed's On Juneteenth provides a historian's view of the country's long road...
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#1 The image of Texas is dominated by the Cowboy, the Rancher, and the Oilman, who are typically White men. What this means for everyone who lives in Texas and is not a White man is part of what I hope to explore in the essays of this book.
#2 The Big Thicket, an area in eastern Texas, is home to 75 percent of North America's bird species. It is also the home of...
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“An absolutely essential addition to the history of the Catholic Church, whose involvement in New World slavery sustained the Church and, thereby, helped to entrench enslavement in American society.”—Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello and On Juneteenth
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In 1838, a group of...
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
In 1838, a group of...
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