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A true tale of justice in the Jim Crow south relates the story of George Dinning, a freed slave who was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself against a white mob and later won damages against them in court with the help of a Confederate war hero-turned-lawyer.
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Susie King Taylor, who spent the Civil War years without pay or formal training, chronicles daily life on the battlefront as she took care of wounded members of a black regiment of Union soldiers and records interactions between blacks and whites during and after the war.
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A panoramic portrait of the city of Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War--a poignant story of the African American freedom struggle in this prosperous southern riverport, set against a backdrop of military conflict and political turmoil.--From publisher description.
73) Magia lejana
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On a visit to Marseille to attend a Guardian wedding, Jean Macrae is kidnapped by Captain Nikolai Gregorio, a handsome stranger who claims that her family owes him a blood debt and who threatens to sell her into slavery on the Barbary Coast.
En una visita a Marsella para asistir a una boda Guardian, Jean Macrae es secuestrada por el capitán Nikolai Gregorio, un apuesto desconocido que afirma que su familia le debe una deuda de sangre y que amenaza...