If you are one of the few people left in the world who still thinks the South is responsible for American slavery, that Southern slaves were routinely abused, that the North never practiced slavery, that the War Between the States was fought over slavery, or that Southern slave owners were feared and detested by their African servants, The Bittersweet Bond: Race Relations in the Old South as Described by White and Black Southerners, will be a revelation. The author-editor, award-winning historian Col. Lochlainn Seabrook, has compiled nearly 500 excerpts from early American letters, speeches, articles, essays, stories, reminiscences, poems, and obituaries that debunk the Left's many anti-South slavery myths while proving mainstream history books wrong. Densely illustrated with hundreds of rare and out of print images and photos, this timely work brings the long-silenced voices of Victorian Southerners back to life, revealing vital historical facts that have been suppressed by enemies of the South and the Truth for over 150 years. Seabrook's poignant, hand-selected, first-person accounts by European Americans, African Americans, men, women, youth, and even several Yankees, provide authentic details about Southern slavery, plantation life, and the War for Southern Independence, as they were actually experienced by 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-Century Southerners - both free and enslaved. This enlightening authoritative work includes an index, bibliography, endnotes, appendices, and a compelling introduction by Col. Seabrook. Learn the truth now. Read The Bittersweet Bond. Available in paperback and hardcover. (All text copyright (c) Sea Raven Press) Mr. Lochlainn Seabrook is the author and editor of (currently) 82 books, including: Abraham Lincoln Was a Liberal, Jefferson Davis Was a Conservative; Lincoln's War: The Real Cause, the Real Winner, the Real Loser; The Concise Book of Owls; Seabrook's Bible Dictionary of Traditional and Mystical Christian Doctrines; The Martian Anomalies: A Photographic Search for Intelligent Life on Mars; Victorian Hernia Cures: Non-surgical Self Treatment of Inguinal Hernia; Vintage Southern Cookbook: 2,000 Delicious Dishes From Dixie; Aphrodite's Trade: The Hidden History of Prostitution Unveiled; The Concise Book of Tigers: A Guide to Nature's Most Remarkable Cats; Support Your Local Confederate: Wit and Humor in the Southern Confederacy; The God of War: Nathan Bedford Forrest As He Was Seen By His Contemporaries; The Old Rebel: Robert E. Lee As He Was Seen By His Contemporaries; Victorian Confederate Poetry: The Southern Cause in Verse, 1861-1901; Britannia Rules: Goddess-Worship in Ancient Anglo-Celtic Society; Christ Is All and In All: Rediscovering Your Divine Nature and the Kingdom Within; Christmas Before Christianity: How the Birthday of the "Sun" Became the Birthday of the "Son"; Jesus and the Gospel of Q: Christ's Pre-Christian Teachings As Recorded in the New Testament; Carnton Plantation Ghost Stories: True Tales of the Unexplained from Tennessee's Most Haunted Civil War House!; UFOs and Aliens: The Complete Guidebook; The Caudills: An Etymological, Ethnological, and Genealogical Study; North America's Amazing Mammals: An Encyclopedia for the Whole Family; Heroes of the Southern Confederacy: The Illustrated Book of Confederate Officials, Soldiers, and Civilians; What the Confederate Flag Means to Me; The Great Yankee Coverup: What the North Doesn't Want You to Know About Lincoln's War; Confederate Flag Facts: What Every American Should Know About Dixie's Southern Cross; Support Your Local Confederate: Wit and Humor in the Southern Confederacy; Women in Gray: A Tribute to the Ladies Who Supported the Southern Confederacy; Everything You Were Taught About American Slavery is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!