(000734) Oakes, James. The Ruling Race: A History of American Slaveholders. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 307 pages. Very Good in Fine DJ. Comprehensive history of the American slaveholding class from the later 1700s to the Civil War ISBN: 0394521633 (Slavery, Slaveholders, Southern States)