"One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery and abolition. . . . Provocative and empowering." -
The New York Times Book Review "Brilliantly conceived and executed.... The absorbing narrative never departs from its rigid faithfulness to method and documentation." –
Books "Mr. James is not afraid to touch his pen with the flame of ardent personal feeling–a sense of justice, love of freedom, admiration for heroism, hatred for tyranny–and his detailed, richly documented and dramatically written book holds a deep and lasting interest." –
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