Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

21 reviews

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Child abuse and Slavery

Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

hunkydory's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

larbster90's review against another edition

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.25

Fairly academic. The author's argument is well-made, and I learned so many things that should have been covered in U.S. history courses. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Blood, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, and Mass/school shootings

uncannydanny's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

mrsdarcylynn's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

5.0

If you grew up in the US or any other imperial power, this text is so important. There was so much within the book that I was fully unaware of. The author challenges myths and assumptions about the formation on the United States. My only complaint is that the book often makes large time jumps between 1776 and 1880ish, sometimes at lightning speed. This often threw me off- I wish many of the chapters had stuck to one topic or time period. Even with this (minor) criticism, I felt like the book made powerful arguments, was highly educational, and spoke the truth of as many indigenous peoples as possible. I am grateful to this author for writing this book, it is much needed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and War

vonny3492's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and War

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Everyone should read this. I listened to this as a library audiobook, but I will be purchasing a physical copy at some point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Antisemitism and Abortion

White supremacy, capital punishment, Eugenics

natalierobinld's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

My mind was really blown by the amount of history that had been obscured, avoided or blatently lied about in my American education

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racism, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

junefish's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racism, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

This book covers the history of indigenous peoples and the systematic genocide perpetrated against them. It covers a lot of triggering content, but it does not glorify or linger on it.

opinionsofawolf's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

4.0

Well-organized, thought-provoking, and actually offers some solutions for readers who feel the urge to do something after reading this book to engage with.

Overall, even though I had previously taken a course in Native American History (that's what it was called back then, now it would be called Indigenous History), and I had pursued reading about the AIM of the 1970s on my own, I still found information I had not previously known, especially about colonization efforts by the US in the late 20th and early 21st centuries (and still ongoing).

I do think the Epilogue actually belonged at the beginning- I wanted context for who this author was and her relationships with some of the people mentioned in the book. I also think a clear statement about what position she is speaking from would lend greater clarity to the book.

The chapters in the book are not overly long (it took me about 30 minutes to read a chapter) and they deliver a heck of a lot of information in a short amount of time. An eye-opening book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry