About the Author

Lucia Stanton is Shannon Senior Historian at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello.

Reviews

I have great admiration for these varied pieces, and the title essay is simply magisterial. I doubt it will ever be bettered. It is a remarkably empathetic piece, recovering the inner world of slaves and their myriad connections to their owner.--Philip D. Morgan, Johns Hopkins University, author of African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry: The Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee

Invaluable--New York Times