Martha S. Jones, JD, PhD Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Historian | Writer | Lapsed Lawyer | Professor @johnshopkins | Fellow @wiko_berlin | Director Hard Histories at Hopkins |

Slavery and the Meetinghouse: The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865
Ryan P. Jordan
@AtelierEnglish Mr. Hopkins had been strongly pressured by Quakers to execute this manumission. And this quasi-manumission seemed to have relieved this pressure. On this subject we recommend Ryan Jordan's Slavery and the Meetinghouse: The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865.
Hardcover, 2007
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dance: American Art, 1830-1960
Thomas F. Defrantz
Congratulations to Lynn Garafola for this rave review of her biography of Bronislava Nijinska: "The Woman Who Was Written Out of the History of Dance." https://t.co/5mnXt5NztL
Hardcover, 2016
$55.00$30.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Muse: Mickalene Thomas: Photographs
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas. Me As Muse. 2022. @ Musée de l'Orangerie https://t.co/czNTaWLUmu
Hardcover, 2015
$65.00$40.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Bread and Circus
Airea D. Matthews
Coming May 30, BREAD AND CIRCUS from the luminous, visionary Airea D. Matthews. Her Simulacra sits on my “inspiration” shelf and I’ve already readied a place for Bread and Circus! https://t.co/scp6jovvlJ
Hardcover, 2023
$26.00$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry
We see you @imaniperry! 2022 National Book Award Finalists Are Announced: Imani Perry, “South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation” https://t.co/8r9VVVYnU2
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Rebecca Hall
Loved picking up Rebecca Hall’s Wake, in French translation, at @librairie_tschann! @ Paris, France https://t.co/74uLt6AHts
Paperback, 2022
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson
“I don’t want anyone to walk through the world feeling invisible ever again.” — Jacqueline Woodson author of Brown Girl Dreaming https://t.co/jHmghoGuZd
Paperback, 2016
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Passing
Nella Larsen
Thanks @minkmak and @jhuafricana for hosting this great discussion of Rebecca Hall’s film adaptation of Nella Larsen’s #Passing! https://t.co/1NryxASM31
Paperback, 2003
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cuba: An American History
Ada Ferrer
RT @NYPLSNFL: Tomorrow at 7pm, Cuba: An American History: Ada Ferrer with Ben Rhodes. @Adita_Ferrer, one of the world’s leading historian…
Paperback, 2022
$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Invisible Things
Mat Johnson
“Jefferson’s triumph, but without Jefferson. Without Sally Hemings.” - @mat_johnson, Invisible Things.
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book