Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack / Katherine C. Mooney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mooney, Katherine Carmines.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horse racing--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Horse racing.

Horse racing--United States--History--19th century.

African American horsemen and horsewomen--United States--History--19th century.

African American horsemen and horsewomen.

African American jockeys--History--19th century.

African American jockeys.

History.

Horse racing--Social aspects.

Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.

Southern States.

Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

321 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.

Summary:

"Recaptures the vivid sights, sensations, and illusions of nineteenth-century thoroughbred racing, America's first mass spectator sport. Inviting readers into the pageantry of the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney conveys the sport's inherent drama while also revealing the significant intersections between horse racing and another quintessential institution of the antebellum South: slavery"--book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Glory of the Four-Mile Horse 18

2 Knowed a Horse When He Seed Him 55

3 A Storm Is Approaching 89

4 These Are the Verities 117

5 The Only Practical Means of Reunion 140

6 I Ride to Win 175

7 I Have Got That Nigger Beat 213.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674281424

067428142X

OCLC:

861478331