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Author:

Bouton, Christopher H. author.

Title:

Setting slavery's limits : physical confrontations in Antebellum Virginia, 1801-1860 / Christopher H. Bouton.

Publisher:

Lexington Books,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xxv, 179 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century.
Slaves--Virginia--History--19th century.
Interpersonal confrontation--Virginia--History--19th century.
Violence--Virginia--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Contextualizing Confrontations -- Paternalism & Physical Confrontations -- Masculinity & Physical Confrontations -- Resistance to Sexual Exploitation -- Enslaved Women's Violence and the Household -- Protecting White Supremacy -- Epilogue: What Violence Meant to the Enslaved.

Summary:

"This study examines how slaves in antebellum Virginia, through physical confrontations with whites, fought to reassert some measure of control over their day-to-day lives. The author analyzes how while this violence came at a high cost, it also ensured the preservation of their humanity and set limits on their enslavement"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

New studies in southern history

ISBN:

1498579450
9781498579452

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1119615225

LCCN:

2019043114

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)