Magisterial . . . Gibson constructs a sweeping vision of resistance to slavery as a defining element of Western history that made "abstract concepts of freedom concrete." Expansive and elegant, this is a marvel -- Publishers Weekly Marvellous. Gibson completely rethinks the history of resistance to Atlantic slavery as equivalent in its scale and intensity to slavery itself. Rather than a patchwork of intermittent rebellions, she narrates an unremitting four-hundred-year campaign for freedom, with all the heroism and the compromises that entailed -- Alan Lester, Professor of Historical Geography, University of Sussex Gibson insists on the primacy of the enslaved themselves as agents of their own liberation, "the true instigators of liberty." A solid contribution to the literature of the New World slave trade -- Kirkus Reviews Superb! Meticulously researched yet incredibly readable, this is slavery in the Americas as a state of war from beginning to end. The buried histories uncovered in this gripping book centres the story on the enslaved - their agency, dignity and furious resistance. A hugely impressive achievement -- Matthew Parker, author of THE SUGAR BARONS Impressive . . . a narrative history brimming with action . . . those who made up what Gibson calls the great resistance ultimately drove the movement toward emancipation for the millions yearning to be free -- Wall Street Journal Superb! Meticulously researched yet incredibly readable, this is slavery in the Americas as a state of war from beginning to end. The buried histories uncovered in this gripping book centre the story on the enslaved - their agency, dignity and furious resistance -- Matthew Parker, author of THE SUGAR BARONS A gripping and insightful compendium of resistance to four hundred years of slavery that has long needed to be told -- Malik Al Nasir, author of SEARCHING FOR MY SLAVE ROOTS A new intellectual and political perspective on the emergence of freedom in the modern world . . . Gibson invites us to see ourselves as inheritors of something much broader too: a powerful history of political thought and on-the-ground resistance - in many forms, always against seemingly insurmountable odds - that stretched across continents and centuries -- The Atlantic A panoramic account . . . as rich in stories from Spanish Cuba, Portuguese Brazil, French Martinique or Dutch Curaçao as from the more familiar settings of the United States or the Anglophone Caribbean -- Guardian
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