The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772–1832

by Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor—who has won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice, as well as the prestigious Bancroft Prize—presents the fascinating story of how Black Virginians altered the course of the War of 1812, and ultimately of the whole country in the run up to the Civil War. The economist Tyler Cowen described it as “one of the best history books I have read, ever.”