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The mark of slavery : disability, race, and gender in antebellum America /

Time and again, antebellum Americans justified slavery and white supremacy by linking blackness to disability, defectiveness and dependency. Jenifer L. Barclay examines the ubiquitous narratives that depicted black people with disabilities as pitiable, monstrous or comical, narratives used not only...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barclay, Jenifer L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
Series:Disability histories (Series)
Subjects:
Slaves > Abuse of > United States > History > 19th century.
African Americans with disabilities > History > 19th century.
People with disabilities > Abuse of > United States > History > 19th century.
People with disabilities > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Slaves > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.

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