Unburdened by Conscience - A Black People s Collective Account of America s Ante bellum South

Informationen zum Autor By Anthony W. Neal Klappentext This new and expanded third edition forcefully argues that influential historians have offered an incomplete account of antebellum-era American slavery because they are preoccupied with humanizing slaveholders. Skillfully weaving together firsthand accounts of ex-slaves, Neal permits the reader to see slavery in the United States from their point of view. Zusammenfassung This new and expanded third edition forcefully argues that influential historians have offered an incomplete account of antebellum-era American slavery because they are preoccupied with humanizing slaveholders. Skillfully weaving together firsthand accounts of ex-slaves, Neal ... Inhaltsverzeichnis Part One: Brutality and Physical RepressionChapter 1: Scholarship on the Brutality of American SlaveryChapter 2: A Monopoly of Violence in the Slaveholder's HandsChapter 3: The Slaves' Undying Faith in GodChapter 4: The Torture of Black Women and ChildrenChapter 5: Public Whippings: A Terrible Part of LivingChapter 6: White Man's Law: Black Man's GriefChapter 7: The Omnipresent Slave PatrolsPart Two: Master-on-Slave RapeChapter 8: A Reluctance to Call it RapeChapter 9: Master-on-Slave Rape RevealedChapter 10: The Threat of Injury or DeathChapter 11: Slave ResistanceChapter 12: Rape and Slave BreedingChapter 13: Begetting Children for ProfitPart Three: Slave Family Break-UpsChapter 14: The Humane Home-Breaker in Slavery HistoriographyChapter 15: The Importance of the Slave FamilyChapter 16: The Break-Up of Marital Unions through Slave SalesChapter 17: The Promiscuous Bondswoman: Myth or Reality?Chapter 18: The Break-Up of Slave FamiliesPart Four: The AftermathChapter 19: One Hundred More Years of Racism and CrueltyChapter 20: Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Neal, Anthony W Neal, Anthony W. Neal, Neal Anthony W.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2011
• EAN: 9780761854920
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5492-0
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)