An Award-Winning Book
  Francis Butler Simkins Prize
  John H. Dunning Prize in United States History
  Maryland Historical Society Book Prize

“An insightful analysis of specific tobacco-growing regions (most notably, Prince George’s County, Maryland) and a sweeping synthesis of early Chesapeake history focused on the origins of a distinctive southern way of life.”

--Paul G. E. Clemens


“Will undoubtedly exert a major influence on future studies of the colonial and antebellum South. . . . Tobacco and Slaves, is sure to become a landmark in the historiography of the American South.”

--Rachel N. Klein