Slave breeding
Subtitle: sex, violence, and memory in African American history
By: Gregory D. Smithers
Publisher: University Press of Florida; Brand: University Press of Florida
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780813042381
Subjects: Slaves; Social conditions; Sexual behavior; African Americans; Slavery; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: American abolitionism and slave-breeding discourse; title: Slavery, the lost cause, and African American history; title: Black history and slave breeding in the early twentieth century; title: The theater of memory; title: The WPA narratives and slave breeding; title: Sex, violence, and the quest for civil rights; title: Slave breeding in literature, film, and new media.