Them Dark Days

"William Dusinberre has restored a tragic dimension to slave studies, and has done so with a thoroughness and persuasiveness that no future student of slavery will be able to ignore."--The Journal of Southwest Georgia History "There is no other book quite like Them Dark Days...His scholarship is awesome. Dusinberre has a great deal to say that is fresh and exciting about slavery, and his writing style is always clear and often eloquent...I found Them Dark Days both stimulating and enjoyable."--Charles Joyner, University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina College "Dusinberre certainly knows how to tell a good story. And if some of his material proves to be familiar to lowcountry scholars, these specialists will nevertheless appreciate his detective work in piecing together a coherent, moving account of the complex negotiations and struggles between tidewater slaves and their masters."--The Journal of Southern History "The book provides a wealth of information on the antebellum lowcountry rice industry and the families that dominated it."--Agricultural History "[The author's] book is an important corrective to recent scholarship and adds new meaning to the neo-abolitionist interpretation."--ISTORY "[A] vast and multifaceted new interpretation of slavery. Among his most impressive achievements is that he draws from these all-too-familiar sources so much that is fresh, provocative, and fully worthy of our attention."--American Historical Review "There can be no question that his account memorably portrays new dimensions of the material history and moral significance of plantation slavery in the rice region."--Georgia Historical Quarterly "William Dusinberre's book is a big, thoroughly researched, fascinating study of antebellum slavery in the rice swamps of coastal South Carolina and Georgia."--Journal of American Ethnic History