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By tracing the story of a single plantation through generations, Nathans ably demonstrates how the legacy of slavery and oppression continues to profoundly affect the people throughout the South today. Recommended for all readers interested in Southern history or African American history.--Nicholas Graham Library Journal (02/01/2017)

[A] fascinating story.--Dannye Romine Powell Charlotte Observer (02/21/2017)

The Alabama Hargis family, that once worked farmland as slaves, used wit and skill, to own that very land, and, against odds, hold ownership over decades. <i>A Mind to Stay</i> is a rare and rich Reconstruction story told with deep understanding by Sydney Nathans.--William S. McFeely

Nathans turns the story of the Great Migration on its head in this extraordinary and wide-ranging history of the lives, labors, and land of black men and women who remained in the South. Deeply researched and written with passion, it is a brilliant and original accounting of how 'landedness' was achieved over two centuries of African American struggle.--Ira Berlin, author of <i>The Long Emancipation: The Demise of Slavery in the United States</i>

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Sydney Nathans is Professor Emeritus of History, Duke University.

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