Linking the Histories of Slavery: North America and Its Borderlands - Paperback

by Bonnie Martin (Editor), James F. Brooks (Editor)

This volume has brought together scholars from anthropology, history, psychology, and ethnic studies to share their original research into the lesser-known stories of slavery in North America and reveal surprising parallels among slave cultures across the continent.

Author Biography

Independent scholar Bonnie Martin has published widely on the history of slavery and is a contributor to New Directions in Slavery Studies: Commodification, Community, and Comparison.

Ethnohistorian James F. Brooks served as the president and chief executive officer at the School for Advanced Research and is currently a professor of anthropology and history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His many publications include Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands.