American Negro Slave Revolts

<p>Years ago the controlling view held that the response of the slaves in the United States to their bondage was one of passivity and docility. That opinion so decisive a part of the chauvinism afflicting the nation is shown to be false in this book and in the material accumulated since its initial appearance has further substantiated this thesis; namely that the African-American people in slavery forged a record of discontent and of resistance comparable to that marking the history of any other oppressed people.</p><p><br></p>