The Slave's Cause
A History of Abolition

Comprehensive and engaging long history of abolition that leaves (practically) no stone unturned. A fine testament to Sinha's decade of research and the studies of abolitionism that came before her. Firmly centers African Americans at the center of the narrative, reminding readers that they played t......more

Simply spectacular. The best book I've read this year. This is quite possibly *the* history of abolition. At nearly 600 pages of text and another 200 in endnotes, this book is a sourcebook of nearly 200 years of the movement(s), with an eye especially focused on the role of enslaved and free blacks,......more

Manisha Sinha’s The Slave’s Cause presents a stellar chronicle of the abolition movements of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Sinha charts antislavery movements from the mid-1700s through the American Revolution, the emancipation of slaves in Britain and France and America’s political battles leading to......more

An incredible book to have on one’s shelf, filled with spectacular histories and stories. Four stars because it might be a better reference book than something to be read straight through. I no doubt will be turning back to this book often to look up what abolitionists we’re doing and advocating for......more

This is a really well-written history of abolitionism which centers the struggles and organizing of black abolitionists, fugitives, and rebels and does much to argue for the profound radicalism of the abolitionist project.......more