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>Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World by David Brion Davis is a comprehensive history that traces slavery from ancient times to its abolition, focusing on how justifications for slavery evolved alongside anti-Black racism and how slave rebellions helped form Black communities. The book emphasizes the integral role slavery played in building the American nation and how the dehumanization—or "animalization"—of enslaved people justified their brutal treatment, ultimately leading to a complex interweaving of profit, pain, and lasting racial legacies.