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Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World Slaves Made by Eugene D. Genovese examines American slavery through paternalism and social hegemony, exploring the complex relationships between enslaved people and slaveholders in the antebellum South, who viewed themselves as protectors while enforcing a system of exploitation, cruelty, and social control that required the complicity and resistance of the enslaved. The book includes sensitive topics such as physical and psychological abuse.