Societies After Slavery

A Select Annotated Bibliography of Printed Sources on Cuba, Brazil, British Colonial Africa, South A

An impressive collective effort, fully alive to the unending ramifications of the subject.
Journal of African History

One of the massive transformations that took place in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was the movement of millions of people from the status of slaves to that of legally free men, women, and children. Societies after Slavery provides thousands of entries and rich scholarly annotations, making it the definitive resource for scholars and students engaged in research on postemancipation societies in the Americas and Africa.

about the editors

Rebecca J. Scott

Rebecca J. Scott is Charles Gibson Distinguished University Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of Michigan.

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Rebecca J. Scott
Thomas C. Holt

Thomas C. Holt is the James Westfall Thompson Professor of American and African American History at the University of Chicago.

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Thomas C. Holt
Frederick Cooper

Frederick Cooper is professor of history at New York University.

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Frederick Cooper
Aims McGuinness

Aims McGuiness is assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

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Aims McGuinness