{"product_id":"the-great-stain-witnessing-american-slavery","title":"The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery","description":"\u003cp\u003eEyewitness testimonies to the culture and commerce of slavery . . . coupled with smart commentary from an acclaimed historian. Essential.(Kirkus Reviews) In this important book  Noel Rae integrates firsthand accounts into a narrative history that brings the reader face to face with slaverys everyday reality. From the travel journals of sixteenth-century Spanish settlers who offered religious instruction and protection in exchange for farm labor  to the diaries of Reverend Cotton Mather  to Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsteds travelogue about the cotton states  to an 1880 speech given by Frederick Douglass  Rae provides a comprehensive portrait of the antebellum history of the nation. Most significant are the testimonies from former slaves themselves  ranging from the famous Solomon Northup to the virtually unknown Mary Reynolds  who was sold away from her mother as child. Drawing on thousands of original sources  The Great Stain tells of a society based on the exploitation of labor and fallacies of racial superiority. Meticulously researched  this is a work of history that is profoundly relevant to our world today. Noel Rae expertly assembles the most consequential accounts from the era of the American slave trade. . . . A vivid and comprehensive picture. Ibram X. Kendi  National Book Award-winning author of Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America Uniquely immediate  multivoiced  specific  arresting  and illuminating. Booklist Many histories have been written of slavery in America  but far too few have let the participants  and particularly the victims  speak so directly for themselves. Rae has helped to fill that historical vacuum in this important work  and the voices are intense  eloquent  and haunting. National Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44983695343669,"sku":"ByrdShop_1468315137","price":32.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781468315134.jpg?v=1770806473","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-great-stain-witnessing-american-slavery","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}