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Slave against slave : plantation violence in the old South
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Slave against slave : plantation violence in the old South / Jeff Forret.
ISBN
9780807161111
080716111X
9780807161128
9780807161135
9780807161142
Publication
Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2015]
Physical Description
xii, 530 pages ; 25 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 06, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Violence, community, and agency in the slave South
Origins, prevalence, and patterns
Slaves, masters, church, and the civil law of slavery
Intraracial slave homicide and the criminal law of slavery
Violence at work and play
Violence and the slave economy
Violence in the creation, maintenance, and destruction of slave unions
Honor, violence, and enslaved masculinity
Honor, violence, and enslaved femininity
Epilogue: "Black-on-black violence" in historical perspective
Appendix: Intraracial slave homicides in Virginia, 1777-1864.
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