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Setting Slavery's Limits

- Physical Confrontations in Antebellum Virginia, 1801-1860

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This study examines how slaves in antebellum Virginia, through physical confrontations with whites, fought to reassert some measure of control over their day-today lives. The author analyzes how while this violence came at a high cost, it also ensured the preservation of their humanity and set limits on their enslavement.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781498579452
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 206
  • Udgivet:
  • 20. november 2019
  • Størrelse:
  • 159x235x21 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 468 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 2. december 2024

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This study examines how slaves in antebellum Virginia, through physical confrontations with whites, fought to reassert some measure of control over their day-today lives. The author analyzes how while this violence came at a high cost, it also ensured the preservation of their humanity and set limits on their enslavement.

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