Slave breeding, sex, violence, and memory in African American history, Gregory D. Smithers
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Slave breeding, sex, violence, and memory in African American history, Gregory D. Smithers
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-252) and index
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illustrations
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non fiction
Main title
Slave breeding
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bibliography
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777602080
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Gregory D. Smithers
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sex, violence, and memory in African American history
Summary
"An exploration of the idea of selective and forced slave breeding in the U.S. based on the collective memory and folktales of the descendants of enslaved people"--provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
American abolitionism and slave-breeding discourse. -- Slavery, the lost cause, and African American history. -- Black history and slave breeding in the early twentieth century. -- The theater of memory. -- The WPA narratives and slave breeding. -- Sex, violence, and the quest for civil rights. -- Slave breeding in literature, film, and new media
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