num_pages: 864
description: A profound, learned and detailed analysis of Negro slavery. It covers an incredible range of topics and offers fresh insights on nearly every page... the author's great gift is his ability to penetrate the minds of both slaves and masters, revealing not only how they viewed themselves and each other, but also how they contradictory perceptions interacted.
language: English
title: Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made
titlecomplete: Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made
genres: Historical, American, History, African American, American History, 19th Century, Race, The United States Of America, Civil War, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1954
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Bancroft Prize, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Frederic G. Melcher Book Award, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: History
publisher: Vintage