Bibliograph

Soul by soul, life inside the antebellum slave market, Walter Johnson

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Soul by soul, life inside the antebellum slave market, Walter Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-273) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Soul by soul

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

42454048

Responsibility statement

Walter Johnson

Review

"Soul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton plantations to the heart of the domestic slave trade. Taking us inside the New Orleans slave market, the largest in the nation, where 100,000 men, women, and children were packaged, priced, and sold, Walter Johnson transforms the statistics of these chilling transactions into the human drama of traders, buyers, and slaves, negotiating sales that would alter the life of each. What emerges is not only the brutal economics of trading but the vast and surprising interdependencies among the actors involved."--Jacket

Sub title

life inside the antebellum slave market

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Creator