River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom by Walter Johnson

River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom

Walter Johnson

560 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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When Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory, he envisioned an empire for liberty populated by self-sufficient white farmers. Cleared of Native Americans and the remnants of European empires by Andrew Jackson, the Mississippi Valley was transfo...

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