This Species of Property: Slave Life and Culture in the Old South (Galaxy Books)
"A major work because of its unprecedented use of plantation records to augment ex-slave autobiographies and narratives....[It] establishes Leslie Howard Owens as a major historian of Afro-American slavery."--The New Republic"Provides a fuller description of slave life than can be found elsewhere."--Journal of Southern History"Excellent book....[It offers] great insight into the lives of the slaves as well as providing a good demonstration of historical methodology."--Terence Roehrig,Cardinal Stritch College