Books by Douglas R. Egerton

This collection of essays examines the lives and thoughts of three interrelated Southern groups, presenting a clear and cogent understanding of race, reform, and conservatism in early American history.

In this biography of the great rebel leader Denmark Vesey, Douglas R. Egerton employs a variety of historical sources--church records, court documents, travel accounts, and newspapers from America and Saint Domingue--to recreate the lost world of the mysterious Vesey. The revised edition is updated throughout, and includes a new section addressing the recent debate over the conspiracy of 1822.