Books like From slavery to freedom

From slavery to freedom by John Hope Franklin reads as academic, informative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Before the Mayflower

Lerone Bennett · 1960

Both explore african american history & slavery

82% genome match

Black reconstruction in America 1860-1880

W. E. B. Du Bois · 1935

Both explore african american history & civil rights

62% genome match

Denmark Vesey

Robertson, David · 1999

Both explore slavery & civil rights

75% genome match

Rope & faggot

Walter Francis White · 1929

Both explore civil rights

62% genome match

Southern horrors and other writings

Ida B. Wells-Barnett · 1996

Both explore civil rights

57% genome match

The mis-education of the Negro

Carter Godwin Woodson · 1933

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Overground Railroad

Candacy A. Taylor · 2020

Both explore civil rights & african american history

72% genome match

Give Me Liberty!

Eric Foner · 2004

Both explore civil rights & social change

68% genome match

How the Irish became White

Noel Ignatiev · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

The Unfinished Nation

Alan Brinkley · 1993

Both explore social change

64% genome match

Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington · 2002

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match

Bound for the promised land

Kate Clifford Larson · 2003

Both explore slavery & civil rights

70% genome match