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The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772 – 1832

by Alan Taylor

Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History This searing story of slavery and freedom in the Chesapeake by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian reveals the pivot in the nation’s path between the founding and civil war. Frederick Douglass recalled that slaves living along Chesapeake Bay longingly viewed sailing ships as “freedom’s swift-winged angels.” In 181

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Co.

Publication date

2014

Format

Print edition

Pages

624

ISBN

9780393349733