Princeton USG Textbook Exchange

Cone explores two classic aspects of African-American culture--the spirituals and the blues. He tells the captivating story of how slaves and the children of slaves used this music...

<p> <i>Soul by Soul</i> tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton plantations and into the slave market itself, the heart o...

Sojourner Truth--ex-slave and fiery abolitionist of the mid-nineteenth century, a figure of imposing physique, riveting preacher, and spellbinding singer who dazzled listeners with...

<p> <i>Mules and Men</i> is a treasury of black America's folklore as collected by a famous storyteller and anthropologist who grew up hearing the songs and sermo...

This historic novel about blackface minstrels explores below the surface. Eric Lott, writing for African American Review, described it as "A novel of ideas devoted to exploring the...