American Slavery: 1619-1877 Peter Kolchin
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

It deals with centuries of suffering by large numbers of people in a surprisingly dispassionate, almost clinical manner. May 1, 2014 - American Slavery: 1619-1877—Peter Kolchin—A rehash of much of what we already know about slavery, but adds written items from actual slaves and family members. Its beginnings, black slavery in the Americas proved remarkably durable. Nov 24, 2012 - Kolchin's book, “American Slavery 1619-1877″ explains the per capita income of the south due to slavery. Hard to explain how good this book is. Aug 2, 2013 - In this readable synthesis of scholarship, University of Delaware history professor Kolchin takes a judicious view of historians' controversies surrounding this topic. Nov 7, 2011 - American Slavery: 1619-1877 by Peter Kolchin is a book I would recommend to all Americans. There were early religious protests against the pioneering use of slaves in the Americas, most notably by Bartolome´ de las Casas (1474–1566), but the economic benefits that soon flowed from the work of African slaves, especially after the formation of… American Slavery, 1619–1877 London:Penguin,1993. Kolchin gives an overview of the entire history of American Slavery in an accessible, easy-to-read, pocket-sized book. Jan 19, 2013 - American Slavery 1619-1877. Jordan, Roll: The World the Slave Made (New York: Vintage Books, 1976); Peter Kolchin, American Slavery: 1619-1877 (New York: Hill and Wang, 2003); John W. Apr 28, 2013 - Yet popular historians never care to tell us that a major factor in the continuance of the slave trade, from Roman times to the Civil War, was the involvement of Jewish businessmen. American Slavery: 1619-1877 by Peter Kolchin. Blassingame, The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979). Apr 25, 2011 - American Slavery, 1619-1877, by Peter Kolchin.