Carol K. Bleser (1933–2013)

While there are extensive footnotes, the complete lack of an index in a book published by Oxford in 1991 is incomprehensible and renders the book much less useful than it might be otherwise. Despite this glaring flaw, the book, a compliation of chapters written by different historians, presents discussion of topics not widely covered in more traditional formats. "Strategies of Survival: Free Negro Families and the Problem of Slavery," by Michael P. Johnson and James L. Roark provides an insightful and fresh approach to the discussion of the dynamics of free Black families living in a slave culture.… (altro)