The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925 - Hardcover

Gutman, Herbert George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394471164 ISBN 13: 9780394471167

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 1976

Synopsis

An exhaustively researched history of black families in America from the days of slavery until just after the Civil War.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"An Exciting, Important And Humane Book.

...Once again Herbert Gutman has shown that he is one of the most original and creative minds in the historical profession."

-- David Herbert Donald

"Gutman's, Magnificent Study...promises to force still another rethinking of the meaning of the Afro-American slave experience."

-- George M. Fredrickson, New York Review of Books

"Important And Timely....It upsets many historical notions and many sociological theories."

-- C. Vann Woodward

"Gutman Has Successfully Challenged the traditional view that slavery virtually destroyed the Afro-American family."

-- John Hope Franklin

"The Importance of Professor Gutman's Book extends far beyond its immediate subject. In its implications it is a devastating critique of the recklessness with which 'social scientists' reach the conclusions on which policy recommendations are based."

-- Thomas Sowell, Fortune

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0394471164
• ISBN 13: 9780394471167
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 664