Freedom Lost, Freedom Won

“All too often when reckoning with the sheer scale of American slavery—its depravities, its systematized cruelties—one can lose sight of individual stories… Which is why Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Eugene Robinson’s historical journey is so important… A true—and important—American story.” —Lit Hub “A skillfully narrated journey into the past.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Eugene Robinson is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist, former columnist, and associate editor of The Washington Post, author, and political analyst. His prior positions included foreign editor, London correspondent, and South American correspondent. Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, he graduated from the University of Michigan and worked at the San Francisco Chronicle before joining The Washington Post.