From the revered historian, the long-awaited conclusion of the
magisterial history of slavery and emancipation in Western culture
that has been nearly fifty years in the making.
David Brion Davis is one of the foremost historians of the
twentieth century, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book
Award, the Bancroft Prize, and nearly every award given by the
historical profession. Now, with "The Problem of Slavery in the Age
of Emancipation, " Davis brings his staggeringly ambitious,
prizewinning trilogy on slavery in Western culture to a close. Once
again, Davis offers original and penetrating insights into what
slavery and emancipation meant to Americans. He explores how the
Haitian Revolution respectively terrified and inspired white and
black Americans, hovering over the antislavery debates like a
bloodstained ghost, and he offers a surprising analysis of the
complex and misunderstood significance of colonization--the project
to move freed slaves back to Africa--to members of both races and
all political persuasions. He vividly portrays the dehumanizing
impact of slavery, as well as the generally unrecognized importance
of freed slaves to abolition. Most of all, Davis presents the age
of emancipation as a model for reform and as probably the greatest
landmark of willed moral progress in human history.
This is a monumental and harrowing undertaking following the
century of struggle, rebellion, and warfare that led to the
eradication of slavery in the new world. An in-depth investigation,
a rigorous colloquy of ideas, ranging from Frederick Douglass to
Barack Obama, from British industrial "wage slavery" to the Chicago
World's Fair, "The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation
"is a brilliant conclusion to one of the great works of American
history. Above all, Davis captures how America wrestled with demons
of its own making, and moved forward.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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