“Deerfield presented a picture of slavery that went against so much of what we think we know about American slavery,” writes Gerzina, who is a professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst and the author of numerous books, mostly biographies.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/04/16/then-again-lucy-terry-prince-a-poet-and-storyteller-who-stood-up-to-the-mob/