num_pages: 320
description: A concise, engaging overview of American slavery from the beginning of the colonial era to emancipation &amp; its aftermath. Kolchin takes a broad geographical perspective, putting American slavery in the context of a general trend toward use of forced labor on the periphery of an expanding Europe. This incisive synthesis fills a major gap for the general reader &amp; historians, who will find it both stimulating &amp; appealing."A miraculous achievement…Kolchin's exploration of the slave experience displays a subtlety missing from earlier accounts. No history book published this year is more important to understanding America's past and present than this concise, well-written, and sensibly argued survey of America's greatest shame." -- The New Yorker"Peter Kolchin's American Slavery is the best history of the 'peculiar institution' that I have ever read. Paying equal attention to the slaves and the slaveholders, it is both comprehensive and fair-minded. …Kolchin brilliantly shows how American slavery was similar to, and at the same time different from, forced labor in Brazil, the Caribbean, and Russia. His splendid bibliographical essay is an indispensable guide to the vast and complex literature on slavery." -- David Herbert Donald, Harvard University
language: English
title: American Slavery, 1619-1877
titlecomplete: American Slavery, 1619-1877
genres: African American, History, The United States Of America, Textbooks, American History, Race, American Civil War, Nonfiction, Civil War, School
ratings_count: 749
publisher: Hill and Wang