The Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Translatlantic Slavery at the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture announced the five finalists for its inaugural 2016 Harriet Tubman Prize, which was established to recognize nonfiction books that investigate slavery.

The finalists selected by a reader’s committee of eleven scholars and librarians include: From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Rio de la Plata by Alex Borucki (University of New Mexico Press); Rethinking Slave Rebellion in Cuba: La Escalera and the Insurgencies of 1841–1844 by Aisha K. Finch (University of Northern Carolina Press); Slave Against Slave: Plantation Violence in the Old South by Jeff Forret (Louisiana State University Press); Eighty-Eight Years: The Long Death of Slavery in the United States, 1777–1875, by Patrick Rael (The University of Georgia Press); and The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860, by Calvin Schermerhorn (Yale University Press).

The winner, who will receive $7,500 as part of the award, will be announced and awarded on December 12 at the Schomburg Center.

Learn more about the finalists at the Lapidus Center’s website.