The great stain

This work shares firsthand insights into the transatlantic slave trade era, drawing on personal accounts from former slaves, slave owners, and African slavers. It tells the story of American slavery from its origins in Africa to its abolition, integrating narratives that span hundreds of years. The book brings readers face to face with slavery's everyday reality through the travel journals of Spanish settlers, diaries of Phillis Wheatley and Cotton Mather, and observations from figures like Frederick Law Olmsted and Frederick Douglass.