The making of American Whiteness : the formation of race in seventeenth-century Virginia /

"The Making of American Whiteness shows that White supremacy was the guiding principle in the settlement of Virginia, the first colony that made up the United States of America, and for the organization of its civil society"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thompson, Carmen P. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
Series:	Philosophy of race.
Subjects:	White people > Virginia > History > 17th century. African Americans > Virginia > History > 17th century. Slavery > Virginia > History > 17th century. White people > Race identity > Virginia > History > 17th century. Virginia > Race relations > History > 17th century. Virginia > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. African Americans. Race relations. Slavery. White people. White people > Race identity. Virginia. 1600-1775 History.

Table of Contents:

The International System of Slavery and the Formation of American Whiteness
Duty Boys, Company Tenants, Slaveholding Ladies and Wealthy Planters: How the International System of Slavery Made European Emigrants White, 1619-1650
From Slave Pen to Plantation: The Making of American Whiteness in the Built Environment, 1618-1634
From Freedom Suits to Fictive Kin: African Resistance to White Supremacy in Colonial Virginia, 1619-1660
Conclusion: The International System of Slavery and the Making of American Whiteness.