Reviews

Reckoning with Slavery: Gender, Kinship, and Capitalism in the Early Black Atlantic by Jennifer L. Morgan

mc1945's review

challenging informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

Wonderfully work, but I will definitely have to read this two or three times before I fully process everything... great theoretical work and a great addition to this field of study

jknoxwhite's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Incredibly informative and thought provoking, dense and academic, a deeply researched project.

sglod8's review

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

dillsbookdiary's review

read a section for class

greenej's review

5.0

Brilliant, engrossing, and powerful exploration of Atlantic slavery and its connection to capitalism. Just unbelievably insightful and poetic. Highly recommended for anyone.

marthabreads's review

informative medium-paced

4.5

unnamedcryptid's review

informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

This book had very interesting, clearly well-researched information, and well put-together arguments! It was just very slow to get through and I felt like some of this could've been said in fewer (and smaller) words, for me at least.

alannathelioness's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

shoshin's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

I read this book for a class. I was unimpressed by the overly academic writing style. I felt that it obfuscated rather than illuminated her points. It is very possible that I'm missing something about why she made that choice. I look forward to discussing the book in class to see what others have to say about it. 

The subject matter is very difficult. It's possible the writing style gave the author some needed distance from it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Slavery, and Kidnapping