Setting Slavery's Limits

Physical Confrontations in Antebellum Virginia, 1801–1860

AvChristopher H. Bouton

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien New Studies in Southern History

523 kr

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Using slave trials from antebellum Virginia, Christopher H. Bouton offers the first in-depth examination of physical confrontations between slaves and whites. These extraordinary acts of violence brought the ordinary concerns of enslaved Virginians into focus. Enslaved men violently asserted their masculinity, sought to protect themselves and their loved ones from punishment, and carved out their own place within southern honor culture. Enslaved women resisted sexual exploitation and their mistresses. By attacking southern efforts to control their sexuality and labor, bondswomen sought better lives for themselves and undermined white supremacy. Physical confrontations revealed the anxieties that lay at the heart of white antebellum Virginians and threatened the very foundations of the slave regime itself. While physical confrontations could not overthrow the institution of slavery, they helped the enslaved set limits on their owners’ exploitation. They also afforded the enslaved the space necessary to create lives as free from their owners’ influence as possible. When masters and mistresses continually intruded into the lives of their slaves, they risked provoking a violent backlash. Setting Slavery’s Limits explores how slaves of all ages and backgrounds resisted their oppressors and risked everything to fight back.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-03-04
Mått:154 x 220 x 15 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Studies in Southern History
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498579476

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Christopher H. Bouton received his PhD in history from the University of Delaware.

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Some of the most interesting stories in this study come from Bouton's sensitive and careful examination of Virginia criminal slave trial transcripts. . . Setting Slavery's Limits: Physical Confrontations in Antebellum Virginia, 1801 - 1860 is an extremely well-written and well-researched book. The discussions are clear, the work is logically presented, and the case studies are intriguing.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Contextualizing ConfrontationsChapter 1: Paternalism & Physical ConfrontationsChapter 2: Masculinity & Physical ConfrontationsChapter 3: Resistance to Sexual ExploitationChapter 4: Enslaved Women’s Violence and the HouseholdChapter 5: Protecting White SupremacyEpilogue: What Violence Meant to the Enslaved

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Setting Slavery's Limits

Physical Confrontations in Antebellum Virginia, 1801–1860

AvChristopher H. Bouton

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien New Studies in Southern History

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Beskrivning

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-03-04
Mått:154 x 220 x 15 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Studies in Southern History
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498579476

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Mer om författaren

Christopher H. Bouton received his PhD in history from the University of Delaware.

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Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Contextualizing ConfrontationsChapter 1: Paternalism & Physical ConfrontationsChapter 2: Masculinity & Physical ConfrontationsChapter 3: Resistance to Sexual ExploitationChapter 4: Enslaved Women’s Violence and the HouseholdChapter 5: Protecting White SupremacyEpilogue: What Violence Meant to the Enslaved