The American Dreams of John B. Prentis, Slave Trader (Race in the Atlantic World 1700-1900)

by KariJ.Winter (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2011

  $139.68

  As a young man, John B. Prentis (1788-1848) expressed outrage over slavery, but by the end of his life he had transported thousands of enslaved persons from the upper to the lower South. Kari J. Winter's life-and-times portrayal of a slave trader illuminates the clash between two American dreams: one of wealth, the other of equality.

• New

  Paperback
  2011

  $31.26

  As a young man, John B. Prentis (1788-1848) expressed outrage over slavery, but by the end of his life he had transported thousands of enslaved persons from the upper to the lower South. Kari J. Winter's life-and-times portrayal of a slave trader illuminates the clash between two American dreams: one of wealth, the other of equality.