Drawing on the federal census, wills, mortgage bills of sale, tax returns, and newspaper advertisements, this authoritative study describes the nature of Africa

Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South

This book examines the lives of the Antebellum South's underprivileged whites in nineteenth-century America.

The prize-winning classic volume by acclaimed historian Ira Berlin is now available in a handsome new edition, with a new preface by the author. It is a moving

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