Books on Topic: 'Human Rights'

Delve into the shadows of an unjust world, where innocence is traded and lives hang in the balance. "Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls" by Ernest A....

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly. It defines the fundamental rights of individual...

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. It discusses his time spent in sla...

“Max Havelaar, of de koffij-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij” is in 1860 geschreven door Multatuli (pseudoniem van Eduard Douwes Dekker...

La Société des Amis des Noirs est une association créée le 19 février 1788 qui avait pour but l'abolition immédiate de la traite des Noirs et non de l...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaill...

This concise overview of the abolition of slavery in the United States is intended for older youth and students in folk high schools studying history....

A collection of poems that unveils the harrowing realities of slavery in 19th-century Brazil. Castro Alves, known as the 'Poet of Slaves,' fearlessly...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a historic document that sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms that all human beings are entitled...

Bartolomé de las Casas's *A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies* offers a harrowing and unflinching indictment of Spanish colonial practice...

This book introduces an anti-coup policy for protection against political coups. It advocates for resisting coups using nonviolent methods of noncoope...

This book contains three essays by James Freeman Clarke, a Unitarian minister and abolitionist. The first essay, "Are Souls Immortal?", explores the q...

In Times Like These is a collection of essays and speeches by Nellie McClung, a prominent Canadian suffragist and social reformer. The book reflects M...

'One Among So Many' by Francis William Lauderdale Adams is a collection of poems that reflects the author's deep empathy for the marginalized and down...

This volume of poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1842, addresses the issue of slavery in America. While some critics felt the p...

This collection of poems by Roger Casement provides a glimpse into the mind of a man deeply moved by the injustices of British imperialism. Casement,...

A scathing indictment of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, "Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias" provides a firsthand account of th...

This powerful and moving work by Victor Hugo is an eloquent plea against the death penalty. Written in the form of a series of letters from a condemne...

“O Abolicionismo” é uma obra seminal de Joaquim Nabuco, escrita em 1883, que defende a abolição da escravatura no Brasil. Nabuco argumenta que a escra...

In 'They Who Knock at Our Gates', Mary Antin delves into the multifaceted and often controversial issue of immigration, challenging readers to look be...

This volume compiles a series of first-hand accounts of slavery in North Carolina, as told by former slaves themselves. The narratives were collected...

This book chronicles the life of Anthony Benezet, a prominent Quaker and abolitionist who dedicated his life to fighting against the transatlantic sla...

This book provides a firsthand account of the institution of slavery in America, written by a man who experienced it directly. Booker T. Washington, b...

Josiah Henson's autobiography, which became the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' chronicles his harrowing journey from sla...