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Setting slavery's limits : physical confrontations in Antebellum Virginia, 1801-1860

Title
Setting slavery's limits : physical confrontations in Antebellum Virginia, 1801-1860 / Christopher H. Bouton.
Author
Bouton, Christopher H.
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]

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Description
xxv, 179 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
"This study examines how slaves in antebellum Virginia, through physical confrontations with whites, fought to reassert some measure of control over their day-to-day lives. The author analyzes how while this violence came at a high cost, it also ensured the preservation of their humanity and set limits on their enslavement"--
Series Statement
New studies in southern history
Uniform Title
New studies in Southern history.
Subject
  • 1800-1899
  • Slavery > Virginia > History > 19th century
  • Enslaved persons > Virginia > History > 19th century
  • Interpersonal confrontation > Virginia > History > 19th century
  • Violence > Virginia > History > 19th century
  • Interpersonal confrontation
  • Slavery
  • Enslaved persons
  • Violence
  • Virginia
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Contextualizing Confrontations -- Paternalism & Physical Confrontations -- Masculinity & Physical Confrontations -- Resistance to Sexual Exploitation -- Enslaved Women's Violence and the Household -- Protecting White Supremacy -- Epilogue: What Violence Meant to the Enslaved.
Call Number
Sc E 20-506
ISBN
  • 9781498579452
  • 1498579450
LCCN
2019043114
OCLC
1119615225
Author
Bouton, Christopher H., author.
Title
Setting slavery's limits : physical confrontations in Antebellum Virginia, 1801-1860 / Christopher H. Bouton.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
New studies in southern history
New studies in Southern history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1800-1899
Research Call Number
Sc E 20-506
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