Outstanding ... The collection demonstrates Foner’s powerful grasp of his subject matter ... An ideal collection of essays for students of the history of race and the United States after the Civil War.
Lively and judicious critiques of American historians and their work ... Trenchant reflections on slavery and its legacy ... Clear, polished, and discerning ... Foner’s body of work reminds us that freedom, that elusive ideal, has long been contested: sometimes bitterly, sometimes brutally, but never decisively.
