David Brion Davis is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University. A former President of the Organization of American Historians, he has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the American Historical Association's Beveridge Award. His most recent book is The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 1998, with StevenMintz).

• Preface to the New Edition Preface Notes on Terms A Calendar of Events Associated with Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Emancipation, 1770-1823 1: What the Abolitionists Were Up Against 2: The Seats of Power, I 3: The Seats of Power, II 4: The Boundaries of Idealism 5: The Quaker Ethic and the Antislavery International 6: The Emancipation of America, I 7: The Emancipation of America, II 8: The Preservation of English Liberty, I 9: The Preservation of English Liberty, II 10: Antislavery and the Conflict of Laws 11: The Good Book Epilogue: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Phenomenology of Mind

The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution by David Brion Davis is a work of majestic scale, written with great skill. It explores the growing consciousness, during a half century of revolutionary change, of the oldest and most extreme form of human exploitation. Concentrating on the Anglo-American experience, the historian also pursues his theme wherever it leads in western culture. His book is a distinguished example of historical scholarship and art.

David Brion Davis is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University. A former President of the Organization of American Historians, he has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the American Historical Association's Beveridge Award. His most recent book is The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 1998, with StevenMintz).

• Preface to the New Edition Preface Notes on Terms A Calendar of Events Associated with Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Emancipation, 1770-1823 1: What the Abolitionists Were Up Against 2: The Seats of Power, I 3: The Seats of Power, II 4: The Boundaries of Idealism 5: The Quaker Ethic and the Antislavery International 6: The Emancipation of America, I 7: The Emancipation of America, II 8: The Preservation of English Liberty, I 9: The Preservation of English Liberty, II 10: Antislavery and the Conflict of Laws 11: The Good Book Epilogue: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Phenomenology of Mind

The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution by David Brion Davis is a work of majestic scale, written with great skill. It explores the growing consciousness, during a half century of revolutionary change, of the oldest and most extreme form of human exploitation. Concentrating on the Anglo-American experience, the historian also pursues his theme wherever it leads in western culture. His book is a distinguished example of historical scholarship and art.

David Brion Davis is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University. A former President of the Organization of American Historians, he has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Bancroft Prize, and the American Historical Association's Beveridge Award. His most recent book is The Boisterous Sea of Liberty: A Documentary History of America from Discovery through the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 1998, with StevenMintz).

• Preface to the New Edition Preface Notes on Terms A Calendar of Events Associated with Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Emancipation, 1770-1823 1: What the Abolitionists Were Up Against 2: The Seats of Power, I 3: The Seats of Power, II 4: The Boundaries of Idealism 5: The Quaker Ethic and the Antislavery International 6: The Emancipation of America, I 7: The Emancipation of America, II 8: The Preservation of English Liberty, I 9: The Preservation of English Liberty, II 10: Antislavery and the Conflict of Laws 11: The Good Book Epilogue: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Phenomenology of Mind

The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution by David Brion Davis is a work of majestic scale, written with great skill. It explores the growing consciousness, during a half century of revolutionary change, of the oldest and most extreme form of human exploitation. Concentrating on the Anglo-American experience, the historian also pursues his theme wherever it leads in western culture. His book is a distinguished example of historical scholarship and art.