The American Dreams of John B. Prentis, Slave Trader

Author/Contributor(s):	Winter, Kari J
Publisher:	University of Georgia Press
Date:	06/01/2011
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The first major biography of an unrepentant slave trader, this story illuminates the intertwined politics of labor, race, class, and gender in the young American nation. Winter's life-and-times portrayal of a Prentis illuminates the clash between two American dreams: one of wealth, the other of equality.