A Documentary History of The Negro People in the United States Vol. 1

Author: Herbert Aptheker (Editor), W.E.B DuBois (Preface)             
Publisher: Citadel Press
Year: 1951/1973 [Tenth Edition]
Pages: 532
ISBN: 978-0806501680

A towering work of scholarship, this first volume presents material from 1861 until the conclusion of the Civil War. The source and historical significance of each document is explained in the editor's remarks and notes. This work has been critically acclaimed and has been accepted as the definitive work in the field.