Slavery and the Numbers Game: A Critique of Time on the Cross

ISBN-10
0252005651
ISBN-13
9780252005657
Pages
183
Language
English
Published
1975-01-01
Publisher
Urbana : University of Illinois Press
Author
Herbert George Gutman

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