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In one of his most important books, the renowned historian Eugene D. Genovese examines slave revolts in the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil, placing them in the context of modern world history.
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Traces the political dimension of Lincoln's antislavery stance as it evolved from the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 to his election as... Læs mere
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First published in 1971, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall's comparison of two developing sugar plantation systems - St. Domingue's (Haiti) in the eighteenth century and Cuba's in the nineteenth century - changed the focus in comparative slavery studies.
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In what may be the most impressive research to date of state supreme court records, this study analyses the evolution of Louisiana's slave laws... Læs mere
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In this study of the communities on both sides of the Savannah River in Georgia and South Carolina, J.... Læs mere
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Husband and wife William and Ellen Craft's break from slavery in 1848 was perhaps the most extraordinary in... Læs mere
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Explores the passionate political strife that raged in Britain as a result of the American Civil War. R.J.M. Blackett opens the subject to a wider... Læs mere
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Examines emancipation and the difficult transition from slavery to free labour in one enclave of the... Læs mere
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Examines the efforts of black Americans in England to advance the cause of their own freedom. Speaking to... Læs mere
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While many scholars have examined the slavery disputes in the halls of Congress, Subversives is the first history of practical abolitionism in the streets, homes, and places of business of America's capital.
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Louisiana state law was unique in allowing slaves to contract for their freedom and to initiate a lawsuit for liberty.... Læs mere
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Provides an in-depth examination of the growth and development of the interstate slave trade during the early nineteenth century,... Læs mere