Eugene Dominic Genovese (May 19, 1930 – September 26, 2012) was an American historian of the American South and American slavery. He has been noted for bringing a Marxist perspective to the study of power, class and relations between planters and slaves in the South. His book, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made, won the Bancroft Prize. He later abandoned the Left and Marxism, and embraced traditionalist conservatism.Continue Reading »
