Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 222 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 318 g
Bondmen in Eighteenth- And Early Nineteenth-Century New Jersey
Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 222 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 318 g
Reihe: Gender and Race in American History
ISBN: 978-1-58046-435-2
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
Manhood Enslaved reconstructs the lives of three male captives to bring intellectual and historical clarity to our understanding of enslaved peoples in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century central New Jersey.
Manhood Enslaved reconstructs the lives of three male captives to bring greater intellectual and historical clarity to the muted lives of enslaved peoples in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century central New Jersey, where blacks were held in bondage for nearly two centuries. The book contributes to an evolving body of historical scholarship arguing that the lives of bondpeople in America were shaped not only by the powerful forces of racial oppression, but also by their own notions of gender. The volume uses previously understudied, white-authored, nineteenth-century literature about central New Jersey slaves as a point of departure. Reading beyond the racist assumptionsof the authors, it contends that the precarious day-to-day existence of the three protagonists -- Yombo Melick, Dick Melick, and Quamino Buccau (Smock) -- provides revealing evidence about the various elements of "slave manhood" that gave real meaning to their oppressed lives.
Kenneth E. Marshall is Assistant Professor of History at the State University of New York at Oswego.
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Manhood Enslaved reconstructs the lives of three male captives to bring greater intellectual and historical clarity to the muted lives of enslaved peoples in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century central New Jersey, where blacks were held in bondage for nearly two centuries. The book contributes to an evolving body of historical scholarship arguing that the lives of bondpeople in America were shaped not only by the powerful forces of racial oppression, but also by their own notions of gender. The volume uses previously understudied, white-authored, nineteenth-century literature about central New Jersey slaves as a point of departure. Reading beyond the racist assumptionsof the authors, it contends that the precarious day-to-day existence of the three protagonists -- Yombo Melick, Dick Melick, and Quamino Buccau (Smock) -- provides revealing evidence about the various elements of "slave manhood" that gave real meaning to their oppressed lives.
Kenneth E. Marshall is Assistant Professor of History at the State University of New York at Oswego.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction: "Ain't No Account"
Black Images in White Minds
Powerful and Righteous
"His Disposition Was Not in Any Sense Agreeable"
Threat of a (Christian) Bondman
Work, Family, and Day-to-Day Survival on an Old Farm
Epilogue: "Losing It"
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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