Title: extraordinary substance, beautiful writing
Product review: Soul By Soul is an extraordinary journey into the heart of slavery. Johnson's examination of "the chattel principle"--the idea and reality of persons as property--cuts to the core of slavery's central truths and brutal contradictions. And the really impressive thing is that he conjures the past with such vision, clarity, and vigor that this is a truly rare and stunning book--both an engrossing read and a serious work of scholarship. One of the best books I have read in years.
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