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"In addition to a careful social history of this untamable land, Nevius has written a thoughtful reflection on the various 'landscapes of slavery' that spread over early America. He directly engages with the perennial problem of archival silence, reading all kinds of documents--tax records, work contracts, company orders--against the grain. In this way he enables at least some of the people who endured ""swamp slavery"" to tell us how they survived.--J. M. Opal ""Journal of Southern History"""

In addition to a careful social history of this untamable land, Nevius has written a thoughtful reflection on the various 'landscapes of slavery' that spread over early America. He directly engages with the perennial problem of archival silence, reading all kinds of documents--tax records, work contracts, company orders--against the grain. In this way he enables at least some of the people who endured swamp slavery to tell us how they survived.--J. M. Opal Journal of Southern History

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Marcus Nevius is an associate professor of History at the University of Rhode Island. He holds a B.A. and M.A. in history from North Carolina Central University, and a Ph.D. in history from The Ohio State University. His research centers around early African American history, history of the early republic, slave labor and resistance, and history of the African diaspora. Patrick Rael is a professor of history at Bowdoin College and one of the general editors of the Race in the Atlantic World, 1700–1900 series. His books include Black Identity and Black Protest in the Antebellum North and African-American Activism before the Civil War: The Freedom Struggle in the Antebellum North. Rael is an Organization of American Historians distinguished lecturer, 2010–2015.

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