Well-written and thoroughly researched. . . . [S]hould become a standard text for African-American Studies courses that delve into the gross dehumanizing effects of American slavery.
Robert Johnson Jr. An impressive level of scholarship. . . . . [A] brilliant and important piece of work.
Renée C. Neblett, director of the Kokrobitey Institute, Accra, Ghana It is the ... Read morestory of why all citizens need to be aware of the potential cost of intolerance within a society based on race, age, religion, physical and mental ability, and sex. This is a book that should be read by all those interested in American history, especially by those studying 19th-century America, the South, slavery or race relations in America.
Civil War News
Unburdened by Conscience sets the record straight by relying on narratives and journals kept by ex-slaves rather than on academic texts which never bothered to consider the African-American experience . . . .[T]he book represents a refreshing alternative to the conventional wisdom in much the same way that the late Howard Zinn painted an empathetic picture from the point-of-view of blacks, women, Native-Americans and other oppressed groups in A People's History of the United States . . . . A sobering opus belatedly shedding light on a shameful chapter of our cultural legacy.
Kam Williams, syndicated film and book critic
Black Book News Magazine
Unburdened by Conscience is a riveting and complete account on this dark shadow of American history.
Midwest Book Review
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