American Negro Slave Revolts
New York: Columbia, 1944.
Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Item #048412
Original green cloth, corners slight bumped, slight rubbing to boards. Inscribed and signed by Aptheker. A few lines underlined in red pencil early on, otherwise clean internally. 409pp
The first in depth study of slave revolts, it shattered the current dogma that slaves were passive victims and showed how uprisings not only occurred but were common. He was a close friend of W.E.B. Dubois and often censored for his communist party membership. His 1931 master's thesis on Nat Turner preceded this which was originally published as his PhD dissertation in 1943. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 048412.
Price: $850.00