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Slave breeding : sex, violence, and memory in African American history / Gregory D. Smithers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smithers, Gregory D., 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions.
- Enslaved persons.
- Enslaved persons--Sexual behavior--United States--History.
- Slavery--United States--History.
- Slavery.
- African Americans--Southern States--History.
- African Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An exploration of the idea of selective and forced slave breeding in the U.S. based on the collective memory and folktales of the descendants of enslaved people.
- Contents:
- American abolitionism and slave-breeding discourse
- Slavery, the lost cause, and African American history
- Black history and slave breeding in the early twentieth century
- The theater of memory
- The WPA narratives and slave breeding
- Sex, violence, and the quest for civil rights
- Slave breeding in literature, film, and new media.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8130-4301-8
- 0-8130-4260-7
- OCLC:
- 818870274
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