Black Odyssey: The African-American Ordeal in Slavery
"Nowhere are the psychological dynamics of this ordeal and triumph more clearly, gracefully, or economically set forth."-- Willie Lee Rose, The New York Review of Books"Black Odyssey is a masterful work, at once poetic and instructive. His is an enduring contribution to the study of American history. This book deserves the widest readership." -- Herbert G. Gutman"A thoughtful and thought-provoking book...written with feeling." -- Oscar Handlin"The classic on the subject for a long time to come....The general reader, for whom the work is written, will simply be enthralled." -- The New Yorker