Matthew Mason is assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University. He is coeditor of The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Anderson, by Edward Kimber.

"An indispensable introduction to understanding the period of slavery agitation that we all know about, as it reveals a preceding ferment in the political world of which we have known very little." - History Book Club "Mason's provocative study belongs in the front rank of a new literature on slavery in the early federal republic." - H-SHEAR"

Matthew Mason is assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University. He is coeditor of The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Anderson, by Edward Kimber.

"An indispensable introduction to understanding the period of slavery agitation that we all know about, as it reveals a preceding ferment in the political world of which we have known very little." - History Book Club "Mason's provocative study belongs in the front rank of a new literature on slavery in the early federal republic." - H-SHEAR"

Matthew Mason is assistant professor of history at Brigham Young University. He is coeditor of The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Anderson, by Edward Kimber.

"An indispensable introduction to understanding the period of slavery agitation that we all know about, as it reveals a preceding ferment in the political world of which we have known very little." - History Book Club "Mason's provocative study belongs in the front rank of a new literature on slavery in the early federal republic." - H-SHEAR"