The Great Resistance

“[A] magisterial account . . . Gibson constructs a sweeping vision of resistance to slavery as a defining element of Western history that made “abstract concepts of freedom concrete.” Expansive and elegant, this is a marvel.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Among the emancipators are the millions whose stories will never be known. They lived the struggle. They were the great resistance.” declares Carrie Gibson in her epic chronicle of four centuries of effort by enslaved people in the w...