«“Impressively researched, well written, and thoughtfully organized, this book was a genuine pleasure to read. Professor Carey brings to the table a history of slavery that has been powerfully informed by a lively new scholarship.”—Susan Eva O’Donovan, author of Becoming Free in the Cotton South

“Over the last generation of scholarship, many of the best works on slavery have been those that address big questions in smaller places/regions. At the level of region, county, or locality, the everyday experience of slavery and its evolution over time comes into focus. Carey achieves that masterfully in this informative volume about a relatively ‘young’ region of the antebellum South in a particular area bordering the southern half of Alabama and Georgia. The unvarnished look at the ‘markets in flesh’ also will stick with readers. Highly recommended.”— CHOICE»