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Author:

Forret, Jeff, 1972-

Title:

Slave against slave : plantation violence in the old South / Jeff Forret.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

530 pages

Subject:

Slaves--Southern States--Social conditions.
Slavery--History.--Southern States--History.
Violence--Southern States--History.
Agent (Philosophy)--History.--Southern States--History.
Plantation life--Southern States--History.
Community life--Southern States--History.
Southern States--Social conditions--18th century.
Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

080716111X
9780807161111

LCCN:

2015008661

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)