In 1988 Greenwood Press published the Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery to wide acclaim by the library community and scholars in the field. The Dictionary was issued at a time when the study of slavery commanded a central place in American historical thinking and, increasingly, in a host of other disciplines as well. Interest in slavery has not abated. Yet, despite a growing sophistication in methodology and complexity of analysis, the basic contours of the study of slavery remain much the same as when the Dictionary first appeared. To take the latest scholarship into account, the editors have added a new introduction surveying the principal themes in research and writing over the past decade and have appended a bibliography, arranged by broad thematic areas keyed to topics treated in the text. In 1988 Greenwood Press published the Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery to wide acclaim by the library community and scholars in the field. It was selected as a Best Reference Book by Library Journal , a Choice Outstanding Academic Book, and an American Library Association Outstanding Reference Book. Historian John Hope Franklin declared it an indispensable tool for all students of human bondage, while the Journal of the Early Republic announced it has something for everyone interested in Afro-American slavery, from the general reader to undergraduate student to professional historian. The Dictionary appeared at a time when the study of slavery commanded a central place in American historical thinking and, increasingly, in a host of other disciplines as well. Interest in slavery has not abated. Yet, despite a growing sophistication in methodology and complexity of analysis, the basic contours of the study remain much the same as when the Dictionary was first issued. To take the latest scholarship into account, the editors have appended a bibliography, arranged by broad thematic areas keyed to topics treated in the text. The bibliography, augmented by the historiographical review of the scholarship of the last decade, makes the Dictionary an invaluable guide for students and scholars alike. .,."an indispensable tool for all students of human bondage. In going through the volume and especially in reading the up-to-date essays on the legal, economic, and comparative aspects of slavery, one wonders how it was ever possible to get along without such a work."-John Hope Franklin James B. Duke Professor Emeritus Duke University "At the invitation of James T. Sabin of Greenwood Press, professors Miller and Smith undertook to create this dictionary of a most worthy historical topic. In the space of nearly 900 pages, these two fine scholars have produced one of the most outstanding works on the topic of Afro-American slavery to ever be published. . . . All of the articles are well-done, but a few stand out as exceptional. One such is the articles, Slavery in Kentucky.' by Marion B. Lucas. . . . [T]his work is not just for the professional historian. It is a work which is written with the general public as well as the scholar in mind. Every library should have a copy and anyone who is interested in the topic of Afro-American slavery would do well to purchase it because it includes an excellent bibliography after each entry as well as the fine articles themselves."-Bowling Green Daily News "It is hard to imagine better introductions to a whole variety of complex issues, each with its own hotly contested historiographical battlegrounds, than are provided by these authoritative, judicious and generally well-written essays....[T]he quality of the articles maintains an extremely high standard."-Times Literary Supplement "The editors, recognized authorities on the subject of slavery (e.g., Smith's two-volume bibliography Black Slavery in the Americas), have filled a void in the literature by producing a magnificent reference compilation. Laboring over the past half decade, they have brought together nearly 300 individual articles covering the period from the first English settlement in America to Reconstruction after the Civil War. Each article includes a selected bibliography to lead readers to further scholarship on a given topic. The topics selected were chosen for their importance both to specialists and to general readers, and the articles were produced by contributors recognized for their special expertise in these assigned topics. Emphasis is placed on the social, institutional, intellectual, and political aspects of slavery. There are entries covering broad subjects as well as selected biographies of well-known persons involved in slavery. . . . [The] publication is so comprehensive and is sure to become a standard academic reference work on slavery, it should be a required purchase for academic libraries serving both undergraduate and graduate students."-Choice ?At the invitation of James T. Sabin of Greenwood Press, professors Miller and Smith undertook to create this dictionary of a most worthy