Description
Author: Walter Goodman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 1969
Place of Publication: New York
Edition: First Edition
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Condition: Very Good+ book in a Very Good dust jacket, now protected in Brodart archival cover
Description:
A powerful and unsparing examination of enslaved life in the American South, Black Bondage draws on historical records, firsthand accounts, and contemporary scholarship to depict the daily realities, brutality, and resilience of those held in bondage. Walter Goodman presents a sober, carefully researched narrative that centers the lived experience of enslaved people rather than romanticized mythology.
Published at the height of renewed national reckoning with American racial history, this volume reflects a transitional moment in historical writing—bridging older documentary approaches with a growing insistence on moral clarity and human truth. The striking photographic dust jacket underscores the gravity of the subject and situates the book firmly within late-1960s historical publishing.
A compelling work for readers of American history, African American studies, and social justice, and a strong example of serious postwar historiography.
Collector / Bookseller Notes
• First edition hardcover
• Dust jacket protected with Brodart archival cover
• Some age-appropriate wear to jacket; interior clean
• A respected, widely cited work of mid-century historical scholarship