They were her property white women as slave owners in the American South
"Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economi...
| Main Author: | Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2019]
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Table of 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.