American Slavery, 1619-1877 by Peter Kolchin

American Slavery, 1619-1877 by Peter Kolchin

The single best short survey in America, now updated.
Includes a New Preface and Afterward

In terms of accessibility and comprehensive coverage, Kolchin's American Slavery is a singularly important achievement. Now updated to address a decade of new scholarship, the book includes a new preface, afterword, and revised and expanded bibliographic essay. It remains the best book to introduce a subject of profound and lasting importance, one that lies at the center of American history.

Peter Kolchin, professor of history at the University of Delaware, is the author of First Freedom: The Responses of Alabama's Blacks to Emancipation and Reconstruction (1972) and Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (1987), which won the prestigious Bancroft Prize for 1988

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ISBN 13	9780809025688
ISBN 10	080902568X
Title	American Slavery, 1619-1877
Author	Peter Kolchin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Hill & Wang
Year published	1993-06-01
Number of pages	320
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