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Manhood Enslaved: Bondmen in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century New Jersey (Gender and Race in American History)
Kenneth E. Marshall
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Hardcover. Bondmen in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-century New Jersey. Series: Gender and Race in American History. 222 pages, 2, 2 black and white. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSJ2. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 19. Weight: 494.
Manhood Enslaved reconstructs the lives of three male captives to bring greater intellectual and historical clarity to the muted lives of enslaved peoples in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century central New Jersey, where blacks were held in bondage for nearly two centuries. The book contributes to an evolving body of historical scholarship arguing that the lives of bondpeople in America were shaped not only by the powerful forces of racial oppression, but also by their own notions of gender. The book uses previously understudied, white-authored, nineteenth-century literature about central New Jersey slaves as a point of departure. Reading beyond the racist ... Read more
Manhood Enslaved reconstructs the lives of three male captives to bring greater intellectual and historical clarity to the muted lives of enslaved peoples in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century central New Jersey, where blacks were held in bondage for nearly two centuries. The book contributes to an evolving body of historical scholarship arguing that the lives of bondpeople in America were shaped not only by the powerful forces of racial oppression, but also by their own notions of gender. The book uses previously understudied, white-authored, nineteenth-century literature about central New Jersey slaves as a point of departure. Reading beyond the racist ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580463935
SKU
V9781580463935
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Reviews for Manhood Enslaved: Bondmen in Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century New Jersey (Gender and Race in American History)
Mr. Marshall's book ranges beyond these three men and their lives to look at general aspects of American slavery and its legacy for African-Americans in America today.
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Compelling. . . Marshall successfully reads against the grain of long-ignored published historical sources, makes a strong case for the consideration of slavery in the rural ... Read more
BLACK & ASIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
Compelling. . . Marshall successfully reads against the grain of long-ignored published historical sources, makes a strong case for the consideration of slavery in the rural ... Read more