This edition also features a selection of Higginson's essays, including "Nat Turner's Insurrection" and "Emily Dickinson's Letters.

Hawthorne in his "Wonder Book" has described the beautiful Greek myths and traditions, but no one has yet made similar use of the wondrous tales that gathered for more than a thousand years about the islands of the Atlantic deep.

In 'Black Rebellion: Five Slave Revolts' Thomas Wentworth Higginson delves deep into the history of slave uprisings in America, analyzing five key revolts that shook the foundations of the institution of slavery.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 - May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.