"All books by James Oakes"
The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics
Paperback, 2008
"A great American tale told with a deft historical eye, painstaking analysis, and a supple clarity of writing.”—Jean BakerSlavery and Freedom: An Interpretation of the Old South
Paperback, 1998
"The most valuable and stimulating general interpretation of the Old South to appear in recent years."—George M. FredricksonThe Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders
Paperback, 1998
"A sweeping and spirited history of Southern slaveholders."—David Herbert Donald