Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Read this book because of its Colonial agenda. Don't read it because your teacher told you to, read it because you want to know what a Moralist white man thought of the slave trade. And that's what you'll get from Heart of Darkness, the heart being the dense Congo jungle. Conrad gives a sympathetic account of the 19th century slave trade, even befriending certain slaves. Conrad's flawless prose is authentic and captivating, I have read the OneWorld Classics version which includes the Congo Diary. I would recommend this to any student of Critical Theory (Colonialism) or anyone with a passing interest in outdated views of slavery.