American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia
- ISBN-10
- 0393312887
- ISBN-13
- 9780393312881
- Category
- Slavery
- Pages
- 454
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-01
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Company Incorporated
- Author
- Edmund Sears Morgan
Description
Locates the roots of freedom in slavery while following the course the Virginians charted for colonial America
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