Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made
- ISBN-10
- 0394716523
- ISBN-13
- 9780394716527
- Series
- Roll, Jordan, Roll
- Category
- Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
- Pages
- 823
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1976
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Eugene D. Genovese
Description
A definitive account of slave life in the Old South and the role of the slaves in fashioning a Black national culture.
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