Durdley, Ed., American Slavery

Abstract

William Dudley brings together a superb collection of articles examining American slavery from the Atlantic slave trade to its demise with the Civil War and Reconstruction. This collection represents some of the best scholarship on slavery, race, and abolitionism. Because of its high quality and clear writing, it can be used effectively in AP, undergraduate, and graduate courses. Moreover, the book contains primary documents, such as the early Virginia slave laws, constitutional debates, abolitionist literature, slave owners' opinions, and portions of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, that complement the articles.