{"product_id":"slaves-without-masters-9781595581730","title":"Slaves Without Masters","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidely recognized as \"one of the nation's foremost scholars on the slave era\" (\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e), Bancroft Prize–winning historian Ira Berlin has changed the way we think about African American life in slavery and freedom. These two classic volumes, now available in handsome new editions, are indispensable resources for educators and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published to great acclaim in 1974, \u003ci\u003eSlaves Without Masters\u003c\/i\u003e established Berlin in his field and went on to win the National History Society's Best First Book Prize. It tells the moving story of the quarter of a million free black men and women who lived in the South before the Civil War, portraying \"with careful scholarship, acute analysis, and admirable historical imagination\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e) their struggle for community, economic independence, and education within an oppressive society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ira Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42955849891958,"sku":"9781595581730","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_0a81f89a-a290-4525-bf3d-d02734fefaac.jpg?v=1767709626","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/slaves-without-masters-9781595581730","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}