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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 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.