With great precision and detail, Colby presents an excellent history of slavery and prices during the Civil War. He does a fine job balancing the perspectives of the enslaved against the backdrop of those who sought to profit off of them. This book is a gem.
Robert K.D. Colby is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. His research on the domestic slave trade has won multiple awards, including the Allan Nevins Prize of the Society of American Historians.