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Out of the house of bondage : the transformation of the plantation household /

Glymph challenges popular depictions of mistresses as 'friends' and 'allies' of slaves in the plantation household.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Glymph, Thavolia, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gender of violence
  • "Beyond the limits of decency": women in slavery
  • Making "better girls": mistresses, slave women, and the claims of domesticity
  • "Nothing but deception in them": the war within
  • Out of the house of bondage: a sundering of ties, 1865-1866
  • "Makeshift kind of life": free women and free homes
  • "Wild notions of right and wrong": from the plantation household to the wilder world.