They Were Her PropertyWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History: a bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy Stunning.Rebecca Onion, Slate Makes a vital contribution to our understanding of our past and present.Parul Sehgal, New York Times Bracingly revisionist. . . . [A] startling corrective.Nicholas Guyatt, New York Review of Books Bridging womens history, the history of the South, and African American history,