Melinda Schwenk-Borrell

A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the institutions and practices surrounding American enslavement of Africans. One of the first books by an African American scholar to tackle this subject, Blasingame describes the lives of field slaves, house slaves, and slaves who lived in towns and cities. Blasingame aptly shows how Africans kept their identity and culture, fighting off oppression and cruelty designed to destroy both.