Ira Berlin traces the history of African-American slavery in the United States from its beginnings in the seventeenth century to its fiery demise nearly three h

Today most Americans, black and white, identify slavery with cotton, the deep South, and the African-American church. But at the beginning of the nineteenth cen

A leading historian offers a sweeping new account of the African American experience over four centuries Four great migrations defined the history of black peop

"This book views slavery in a new light and underscores the human tragedy at the heart of the American story."--Jacket

Each time a child was born in bondage, the system of slavery began anew. Although raised by their parents or by surrogates in the slave community, children were