num_pages: 454
description: "The men who came together to found the independent United States," writes Edmund S. Morgan, "either held slaves or were willing to join hands with those who did." George Washington, hero of the Revolution, was the master of several hundred slaves.
language: English
title: American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia
titlecomplete: American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia
genres: American, Civil War, Politics, Social Justice, Race, American History, African American, Nonfiction, American Revolution, History
ratings_count: 3418
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Francis Parkman Prize, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Albert J. Beveridge Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: History and Biography, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Charles S. Sydnor Award
publisher: History Book Club by arrangement with WW Norton & Company, Inc