"An excellent and thorough study. The most useful volume available as a college text giving a 'black perspective' on the slave experience."--Robert F. Engs, University of Pennsylvania."It is doubly welcome, both for its intrinsic worth in describing slavery as it must have been for those inside and for its meaning and scholarship....a book all American historians could read with profit."--The Journal of American HistoryTaking into account the major studies published since the original edition appeared, this presents an updated analysis of the life of the black slave -- his African heritage, culture, family, acculutration, behavior, religion, and personality.