Race Horse Men - How Slavery and Freedom Were Made At the Racetrack

Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of Americäs first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run¿until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.

About the author

Katherine C. Mooney is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University.

Summary

Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America’s first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run—until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.

Product details

• Authors: Katherine C. Mooney, Katherine C Mooney, Katherine C. Mooney, Mooney Katherine C.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2014
• EAN: 9780674281424
• ISBN: 978-0-674-28142-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; USA, Ethnic Studies, History, Horse Racing, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, SPORTS & RECREATION / Animal Sports / Horse Racing, Slavery and abolition of slavery