Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack /

"A popular pastime across American society, horse racing was most closely identified with an elite class of southern owners who bred horses and bet large sums of money on these spirited animals. The central characters in this story are not privileged whites, however, but the black jockeys, groo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mooney, Katherine Carmines (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Horse racing > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Horse racing > United States > History > 19th century.
African American horsemen and horsewomen > United States > History > 19th century.
African American jockeys > History > 19th century.
Courses de chevaux > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Jockeys noirs américains > Histoire > 19e siècle.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Equestrian.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
African American horsemen and horsewomen.
African American jockeys.
Horse racing.
Horse racing > Social aspects.
Race relations.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Southern States.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : The loss of the stirrup has won the race
  • The glory of the four-mile horse
  • Knowed a horse when he seed him
  • A storm is approaching
  • These are the verities
  • The only practical means of reunion
  • I ride to win
  • I have got that nigger beat
  • Epilogue : He didn't go in no back doors!

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