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Winner of the SHEAR Book PrizeHonorable 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 JournalA landmark history, by the author of National Book Critics Circle Award finalist The Broken Heart of America, that shows how slavery fueled Southern capitalism.When Jefferson acquired the Louisiana Territory, he envisioned an “empire for liberty” populated by self-sufficient white farmers. Cleared of Native Americans and the remnants of European empires by Andrew Jackson, the Mississippi Valley was transformed instead into a booming capitalist economy commanded by wealthy planters, powered by steam engines, and dependent on the coerced labor of slaves. River of Dark Dreams places the Cotton Kingdom at the center of worldwide webs of exchange and exploitation that extended across oceans and drove an insatiable hunger for new lands. This bold reconsideration dramatically alters our understanding of American slavery and its role in U.S. expa

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Author

Johnson, Walter

Publisher

Harvard University Press; Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674074880

Category

history

Subjects

History, Sociology, Economics

Rating

4.14 / 5 (212 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14