A new intellectual and political perspective on the emergence of freedom in the modern world ... A powerful history of political thought and on-the-ground resistance—in many forms, always against seemingly insurmountable odds—that stretched across continents and centuries.
A broad-based history of rebellion, escape, and agitation in the name of abolition in the slaveholding Americas ... Gibson mixes little-explored episodes with better-known stories ... A solid contribution to the literature of the New World slave trade.
Digesting vast amounts of information, Gibson constructs a sweeping vision of resistance to slavery as a defining element of Western history that made 'abstract concepts of freedom concrete.' Expansive and elegant, this is a marvel.
