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Book SynopsisWhat is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States.Trade Review"This small book is something of a miracle, telling a story of global importance and ancient lineage in ways both evocative and efficient. No other single volume better explains the origins and evolution of slavery in American history."Edward L. Ayers, University of Richmond"Brenda Stevenson’s What is Slavery? fills a huge gap in our knowledge of humans behaving badly and reveals the violence, abuse, and exploitation that accompanied this inhumane practice. This is a welcome and much-needed addition to the scholarship on slavery in the ancient and modern world."V. P. Franklin, University of CaliforniaTable of ContentsIntroduction: What is Slavery? Chapter One: Slavery Across Time and Place Before the Atlantic Slave Trade Chapter Two: African Beginnings and the Atlantic Slave Trade Chapter Three: African People in the Colonial World of North America Chapter Four: Slavery and Antislavery in Antebellum America (144) Conclusion

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Book SynopsisLife in the old South has always fascinated Americans--whether in the mythical portrayals of the planter elite from fiction such as Gone With the Wind or in historical studies that look inside the slave cabin. Now Brenda E. Stevenson presents a reality far more gripping than popular legend, even as she challenges the conventional wisdom of academic historians. Life in Black and White provides a panoramic portrait of family and community life in and around Loudoun County, Virginia--weaving the fascinating personal stories of planters and slaves, of free blacks and poor-to-middling whites, into a powerful portrait of southern society from the mid-eighteenth century to the Civil War. Loudoun County and its vicinity encapsulated the full sweep of southern life. Here the region''s most illustrious families--the Lees, Masons, Carters, Monroes, and Peytons--helped forge southern traditions and attitudes that became characteristic of the entire region while mingling with yeoman farmers of GermTrade ReviewThis book about the lives of blacks and whites in Loudoun County, Va., in the century before the Civil War makes fascinating reading. * The Washington Times *Brenda Stevenson has written an eloquent, original, and humane book on the most intimate aspects of life in the antebellum South. * Edward L. Ayers, Professor of History, The University of Virginia, and author of The Promise of the New South. *

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Book SynopsisWhat is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many people still largely associate slavery, outside of the biblical references in the Old Testament, to the enslavement of Africans in America, particularly the United States.Trade Review"This small book is something of a miracle, telling a story of global importance and ancient lineage in ways both evocative and efficient. No other single volume better explains the origins and evolution of slavery in American history."Edward L. Ayers, University of Richmond"Brenda Stevenson’s What is Slavery? fills a huge gap in our knowledge of humans behaving badly and reveals the violence, abuse, and exploitation that accompanied this inhumane practice. This is a welcome and much-needed addition to the scholarship on slavery in the ancient and modern world."V. P. Franklin, University of CaliforniaTable of ContentsIntroduction: What is Slavery?Chapter One: Slavery Across Time and Place Before the Atlantic Slave TradeChapter Two: African Beginnings and the Atlantic Slave TradeChapter Three: African People in the Colonial World of North AmericaChapter Four: Slavery and Antislavery in Antebellum America (144)Conclusion

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