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Author:

Boster, Dea H., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012048994

Title:

African American slavery and disability : bodies, property, and power in the antebellum South, 1800-1860 / Dea H. Boster.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Slaves--History--Southern States--History--19th century.
Slaves--History--Southern States--History--19th century.
Disabilities--History--Southern States--History--19th century.
Human body--History--Southern States--History--19th century.
Health and race--Southern States--History--19th century.
Slavery--Southern States--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-175) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : "here are the marks yet" -- The dual stigma of race and disability in antebellum America -- Sources of "unsoundness" in African American slaves -- Labor and expectation in the lives of slaves with disabilities -- Disability, value, and the language of slave sales -- Disability, mastery, and power dynamics in the antebellum South -- Epilogue and conclusion : seeing "Moses".

Series:

Studies in African American history and culture

ISBN:

9781138920705
1138920703

OCLC:

(OCoLC)900624358

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)