Slave breeding : sex, violence, and memory in African American history /

An exploration of the idea of selective and forced slave breeding in the United States based on the collective memory and folktales of the descendants of enslaved people.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smithers, Gregory D., 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
Subjects:
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.