Thomas C. Holt is the James Westfall Thompson Professor of American History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Black over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina during Reconstruction.

"A spirited and absorbing history of emancipation, oppression, and rebellion in the British empire."--C. Vann Woodward "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience."--David Barry Gaspar "A landmark study."--Ira Berlin

Thomas C. Holt is the James Westfall Thompson Professor of American History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Black over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina during Reconstruction.

"A spirited and absorbing history of emancipation, oppression, and rebellion in the British empire."--C. Vann Woodward "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience."--David Barry Gaspar "A landmark study."--Ira Berlin

Thomas C. Holt is the James Westfall Thompson Professor of American History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Black over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina during Reconstruction.

"A spirited and absorbing history of emancipation, oppression, and rebellion in the British empire."--C. Vann Woodward "Holt greatly extends and deepens our understanding of the emancipation experience."--David Barry Gaspar "A landmark study."--Ira Berlin