Overview :From slave ships to plantations to freedom, The Struggle Against Slavery traces the remarkable history of the heroic fight to end slavery, f... Read More
Overview :Taking on decades of received wisdom, David Waldstreicher has written the first book to recognize slavery's place at the heart of the U.S. C... Read More
Overview :A paradigm-shattering biography of Phillis Wheatley, whose extraordinary poetry set African American literature at the heart of the American... Read More
Overview :In the final years of his political career, President John Quincy Adams was well known for his objections to slavery, with rival Henry Wise ... Read More
Overview :Scientist, abolitionist, revolutionary: that is the Benjamin Franklin we know and celebrate. To this description, the talented young histori... Read More
Overview :In this innovative study, David Waldstreicher investigates the importance of political festivals in the early American republic. Drawing on ... Read More
Overview :"[An] erudite, enlightening new biography . . . [Waldstreicher's] interpretations equal Wheatley's own intentional verse, making it a joy to... Read More