American Negro Slave Revolts, New & Expanded Edition by Herbert Aptheker

First published in 1943 by Columbia University Press, Herbert Aptheker’s American Negro Slave Revolts redefined the study of slave resistance, challenging decades of racism within academia and popular culture. Written during a time when most authors argued that slaves benefited from white benevolence, American Negro Slave Revolts proved that Blacks—free and slave—repeatedly acted on their own behalf to break the chains of slavery.

This New & Expanded Edition includes a new Foreword by Willie Mack, Assistant Professor of Black Studies at the University of Missouri. Additionally, Tony Pecinovsky provides supplementary material from the pages of the Daily Worker, the Daily World, and the People’s World—enabling readers to dive deeper into Aptheker’s contributions as a foremost historian.