Lawrence R. Tenzer has devoted a great deal of time and energy to studying what he believes is a sadly overlooked aspect of the slavery issue and its impact on the minds of Northerners and Southerners alike. This is the topic of white slavery. Tenzer argues that many contemporaries knew it existed and were deeply shocked. This helped to lead them to oppose the extension of slavery into the western territories and thus was a …showed first 75 words of 881 total…

…showed last 75 words of 881 total…passed off as "science" then (a very self-serving science for a small group of elites) is still largely accepted as fact today. Tenzer`s book enables a candid view seldom exhibited by most historians. Tenzer clearly does a fine job in rounding out our understanding the issue of slavery in America. It stimulated my thoughts and answered some of my worrisome questions as to why this "cause" has been forgotten in our politically correct times.