Description: Their actions represented early contributions to the long fight for recognition, civil rights, and racial justice that continues today.
Brief description: John Garrison Marks works for the American Association for State and Local History and holds a Ph.D. in history from Rice University. He is the coeditor of Race and Nation in the Age of Emancipations: An Atlantic World Anthology and his work has appeared in Southwestern Historical Quarterly and Atlantic Studies.
Review Quotes:
Through its comparative and urban focus, Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery unveils the common struggle of a distinct group of African descendants who, from their separate locations in the Americas, similarly challenged an Atlantic racial order intent on subjugating Black autonomy, well-being, and lives to white prerogatives.
-- "Hispanic American Historical Review"