From slavery to Freedom by John Hope Franklin

From Slavery to Freedom is a pioneer, seminal work of scholarship, chronicling the history of African Americans. First published in 1947, it recounts the narrative of a minority whose history and role in American society had hitherto been widely ignored. Continuously in print since its first appearance, the book was released in its eighth edition in 2000. The original title, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of American Negroes, changed with the seventh edition (1994) to From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans (Hine, 28). The book transformed a topic that had ...