Description: "An Exciting, Important And Humane Book. ...Once again Herbert Gutman has shown that he is one of the most original and creative minds in the historical profession." -- David Herbert Donald "Gutman's, Magnificent Study...promises to force still another rethinking of the meaning of the Afro-American slave experience." -- George M. Fredrickson, New York Review of Books "Important And Timely....It upsets many historical notions and many sociological theories." -- C. Vann Woodward "Gutman Has Successfully Challenged the traditional view that slavery virtually destroyed the Afro-American family." -- John Hope Franklin "The Importance of Professor Gutman's Book extends far beyond its immediate subject. In its implications it is a devastating critique of the recklessness with which 'social scientists' reach the conclusions on which policy recommendations are based." -- Thomas Sowell, Fortune

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