Breaking the Chains: African American Slave Resistance

“Breaking the Chains is still fresh, still relevant, and more dangerous than ever. ... It shows us that the most oppressed and degraded people have the power, capacity, and moral vision to break their own chains and secure liberty, justice, and equality for all.”-from the Introduction by ROBIN D. G. KELLEY

Centering Black voices and the narratives of enslaved people, Breaking the Chains offers a thoroughly researched account of the ways people in bondage were themselves a driving force behin...