
Slaves in the Family
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Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN-13
- 9780374534455
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- SlaveryFamily historyAmerican South
Awards
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1998)
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