River of Dark DreamsWinner of the SHEAR Book Prize Honorable Mention, Avery O. Craven Award "Few books have captured the lived experience of slavery as powerfully." Ari Kelman, Times Literary Supplement "[One] of the most impressive works of American history in many years." The Nation "An important, arguably seminal, book Always trenchant and learned." Wall Street Journal A landmark history, by the author of National Book Critics Circle Award finalist The Broken Heart of