Slavery
A review of Ava DuVernay's documentary '13th.'
John Powers reviews Ava DuVernay's film '13th.'
On This Spanish Slave Ship, Nothing Was As It Seemed.
In The Empire of Necessity, historian Greg Grandin tells the story of a slave revolt at sea. The 1805 event inspired Herman Melville's Benito Cereno, and Grandin's account of the human horror is a work of power and precision.
With 'A Mercy', A 'Beloved' Author Returns
Set in the 17th century, Toni Morrison's new novel A Mercy is the story of a slave girl whose mother gives her away to a stranger in a desperate attempt to secure her a better future. Maureen Corrigan hails the book as a prequel (of sorts) to Morrison's earlier novel Beloved.