Runaway Slaves Rebels on the Plantation

"No one has yet explored the fugitives' world and its meaning for the slave experience more deeply and with greater sophistication than [the authors]....[This book] greatly enhances our understanding of the system of slavery...."--Los Angeles Times Book Review"Using documentation from broadsheets to diaries, the authors provide incredible details of who the runaways were, their motivations and destinations, and how their efforts failed or succeeded. Franklin and Schweninger provide very personal accounts, giving names and personalities to an aspect of U.S. slavery that is seldom portrayed and refuting the mythology of the contented slave."--Booklist