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They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E
Published: Yale University Press,
Publisher Address: New Haven, CT :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Slaveholders > Southern States > History
Slavery > Southern States > History
Women, White > Southern States > Social conditions > 19th century
Slavery > Economic aspects > Southern States
Slaves > Emancipation > Southern States
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions > History > 19th century
Carrier Form: xx, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780300218664
0300218664
0300251831
9780300251838
Index Number: E443
CLC: K712.4
Call Number: K712.4/J789
Contents: Introduction: Mistresses of the market --
Mistresses in the making --
"I belong to de mistis" --
"Missus done her own bossing" --
"She thought she could find a better market" --
"Wet nurse for sale or hire" --
"That 'oman took delight in sellin' slaves" --
"Her slaves have been liberated and lost to her" --
"A most unprecedented robbery" --
Epilogue: Lost kindred, lost cause.

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