Steven Mintz 
African American Voices 
A Documentary Reader, 1619-1877

A succinct, up-to-date overview of the history of slavery that
places American slavery in comparative perspective.

* Provides students with more than 70 primary documents on the
history of slavery in America

* Includes extensive excerpts from slave narratives, interviews
with former slaves, and letters by African Americans that document
the experience of bondage

* Comprehensive headnotes introduce each selection

* A Visual History chapter provides images to supplement the
written documents

* Includes an extensive bibliography and bibliographic essay

Circa l’autore

Steven Mintz is Professor of History and Director, American Cultures Program, at the University of Houston. His thirteen books include Domestic Revolutions: A Social History of American Family Life (1988; co-authored with Susan Kellogg); and a major interpretation of antebellum reform, Moralists & Modernizers: America’s Pre-Civil War Reformers (1995). His most recent book, Huck’s Raft: A History of American Childhood, received the Association of American Publishers R.R. Hawkins Award for the Outstanding Scholarly Book of 2004; the Organization of American Historians 2004 Merle Curti Award for the best book in social history; and the Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins Award for the best non-fiction book of 2004.