Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

21 reviews

emmaas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Wow, what an excellent read that challenges the way we think and live as white people and people who  benefit from a colonizing United States. This book really proves that everything is and always will be connected. This was particularly interesting and reflective for me as a veteran. I cannot recommend this book enough for folks who want to learn about indigenous history, colonization, and a hope for a free future 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Racism, War, Slavery, and Colonisation

books_tea_blanket's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

Absolutely mandatory reading for  everyone, especially those who live in the US. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Slavery, Child death, Death, Genocide, War, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Torture, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, and Racism

Minor: Mass/school shootings

savagegrease's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Genocide, Slavery, Racism, Colonisation, and Violence

cococorycollins's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, Violence, Xenophobia, War, Genocide, Racism, Colonisation, and Body horror

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Rape, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, and Slavery

mnboyer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Grief, Classism, Slavery, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Murder, Genocide, War, Violence, and Xenophobia

This is an amazing book if you're looking for an overview of the US from an indigenous lens.

meh697's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Rape, War, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Death, Deportation, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

wifeslife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, War, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, and Slavery

cptcomfort's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Racism, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Deportation, War, Torture, Gun violence, Violence, Slavery, Classism, Rape, Kidnapping, Hate crime, and Colonisation

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

This is a very informative history of America from the perspective of the tribes who lived here first. There’s a heavy focus on genocide and violence and a need for return and reform and reparations. Emotional read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cultural appropriation, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Slavery, Child death, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Violence, and War

cytipton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Bullying, Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Cultural appropriation, War, Alcoholism, Genocide, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Classism