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Manhood enslaved : bondmen in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century New Jersey /

Manhood Enslaved reconstructs the lives of three male captives to bring greater intellectual and historical clarity to the muted lives of enslaved peoples in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century central New Jersey, where blacks were held in bondage for nearly two centuries. The book contributes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Marshall, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Edward)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2011.
Colección:Gender and race in American history ; v. 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : "Ain't no account"
  • Black images in white minds
  • Powerful and righteous
  • "His disposition was not in any sense agreeable"
  • Threat of a (Christian) bondman
  • Work, family, and day-to-day survival on an old farm
  • Epilogue : "Losing it."