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	Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home 4.03 avg rating — 1,167 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The American Revolution and the Fate of the World 4.45 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Shall Be No More: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buried Lives: Incarcerated in Early America by Michele Lise Tarter (Editor), Richard Bell (Goodreads Author) (editor) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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