Inhuman Bondage, David Brion Davis
Inhuman Bondage, David Brion Davis
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Inhuman Bondage
The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

Author: David Brion Davis

Narrator: Raymond Todd

Unabridged: 15 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

David Brion Davis is recognized as the leading authority on slavery in the Western world. His books have won such awards as the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.In Inhuman Bondage, Davis sums up a lifetime of insight, beginning with the dramatic Amistad case. He looks at slavery in the American South, describing black slaveholding planters; the rise of the Cotton Kingdom; the daily life of ordinary slaves; the highly destructive internal, long-distance slave trade; the sexual exploitation of slaves; the emergence of an African-American culture; and much more. A definitive history by a writer deeply immersed in the subject, Inhuman Bondage links together the profits of slavery, the pain of the enslaved, and the legacy of racism.

About David Brion Davis

David Brion Davis is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and Director Emeritus of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, also at Yale. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award for History and Biography, the Bancroft Prize, the Albert J. Beveridge Award, and the Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement, among other honors.

About Raymond Todd

Raymond Todd is an actor and director in the theater as well as a poet and documentary filmmaker. He plays jazz trombone for the Leatherstocking quartet, an ensemble that gets its name from one of his favorite Blackstone narrations, The Deerslayer. Todd lives in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul on October 15, 2020

What people like to do is justify their terrible atrocities and try to sleep at night, and they can be quite successful at this. European Christians busily enslaving Africans liked to quote the Curse of Ham from Genesis 9:18-27. This is a weird story about Noah and his sons after the flood. Noah got......more

Goodreads review by Ash on January 01, 2016

I'm pretty sure after reading this book that slavery is probably the most atrocious thing thing a human can do to another human. This book is hard to take in a lot places, and will probably cause you to loose sleep. Probably the worst part of the whole thing is reading that in the late 1800's, Weste......more

Goodreads review by Sean on October 01, 2024

This is among the finest works of history I have ever read. It is fair, well researched, superbly written, and broad-minded. For those in 2020 who think slavery is a uniquely American or western experience, this work will deflate you. The barbarousness of slavery is clear enough, but so is its perva......more

Goodreads review by Teri on July 17, 2021

This book is a very admirable, holistic look at slavery in the Americas. Davis begins with the story of the Amistad Case and the uprising of enslaved Africans being transported to Cuba in 1839. He then moves back in time to begin a discussion on the history of the institution of slavery starting in......more

Quotes

“Davis…succeeds heroically in wrestling a vast amount of material from diverse cultures. The result is a sinewy book that combines erudition and everyday detail into a gripping, often surprising, narrative.” Wall Street Journal

“A tour de force…explaining what has made slavery’s consequences so much a part of contemporary American culture and politics.” New York Times Book Review

“Impressive and sprawling…Davis’ account is rich in detail and his voice is clear enough to coax even casual readers through this dense history.” Publishers Weekly

“The broader perspective on American slavery—its social and economic impact on the growth of the US—forces readers to face the contradictions between our democratic ideals and economic impulses.” Booklist 

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