Original publication date
2006
Pages
xvi; 440
Status
Available
Call number
Publication
New York: Oxford University Press, c2006; 2nd printing
Physical description
xvi, 440 p.; 24 cm
ISBN
0195140737 / 9780195140736
Language
Description
Offering a narrative that links together the profits of slavery, the pain of the enslaved, & the legacy of racism, this book connects the actual life of slaves with the crucial place of slavery in American politics. It is a study of slavery that provides a global perspective on the subject with an emphasis on the United States.
Subjects
Awards
Ralph Waldo Emerson Award (Winner — 2007)
PROSE Award (Winner — 2006)
Connecticut Book Award (Winner — Nonfiction — 2007)