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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smithers, Gregory D., 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
Subjects:
African Americans > Southern States > History.
Slavery > United States > History.
Slaves > United States > Sexual behavior > History.
Slaves > United States > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.