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Slave breeding

Smithers, Gregory D., 1974-

Slave breeding sex, violence, and memory in African American history / [electronic resource] : Gregory D. Smithers. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012. - 1 online resource (270 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

American abolitionism and slave-breeding discourse -- Slavery, the lost cause, and African American history -- Black history and slave breeding in the early twentieth century -- The theater of memory -- The WPA narratives and slave breeding -- Sex, violence, and the quest for civil rights -- Slave breeding in literature, film, and new media.

An exploration of the idea of selective and forced slave breeding in the U.S. based on the collective memory and folktales of the descendants of enslaved people.

9780813042602


African Americans--History.--Southern States
Slavery--History.--United States
Slaves--Sexual behavior--History.--United States
Slaves--Social conditions.--United States


Electronic books.

E443 / .S64 2012

306.3/620975