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They Were Her Property

By Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E

They Were Her Property Social Sciences

They Were Her Property

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Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History "Compelling."--Renee Graham, Boston Globe "Stunning."--Rebecca Onion, Slate "Makes a vital contribution to our understanding of our past and present."--Parul Sehgal, New York Times 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 economic actors who directly engaged in and benefited from the South's slave market. Because women typically inherited more slaves than land, enslaved people were often their primary source of wealth. Not only did white women often refuse to cede ownership of their slaves to their husbands, they employed management techniques that were as effective and brutal as those used by slave-owning men. White women actively participated in the slave market, profited from it, and used it for economic and social empowerment. By examining the economically entangled lives of enslaved people and slave-owning women, Jones-Rogers presents a narrative that forces us to rethink the economics and social conventions of slaveholding America.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2020-01-07
Publication Date:
2020-01-07
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
03002518310274758520
ISBN13:
9780300251838
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
401 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
279 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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