They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South /
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Published: |
Yale University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New Haven, CT : |
Publication Dates: | [2019] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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. |