They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South /

"Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Sujets:
1700-1899
Slaveholders > Southern States > History.
Slavery > Southern States > History > 18th century.
Women, White > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Slavery > Economic aspects > Southern States.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Southern States.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Propriétaires d'esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Blanches > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > États-Unis (Sud)
Noirs américains > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
Slavery > Economic aspects
African Americans > Social conditions
Slaveholders
Slavery
Social conditions
Southern States > Social conditions.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Southern States
USA > Südstaaten
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Mistresses of the market
  • Mistresses in the making
  • "I belong to de mistis"
  • "Missus done her own bossing"
  • "She thought she could find a better market"
  • "Wet nurse for sale or hire"
  • "That 'oman took delight in sellin' slaves"
  • "Her slaves have been liberated and lost to her"
  • "A most unprecedented robbery"
  • Epilogue: Lost kindred, lost cause.

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