Terror in the heart of freedom
Subtitle: citizenship, sexual violence, and the meaning of race in the postemancipation South
By: by Hannah Rosen.
Series: Gender and American culture
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780807832028; 9780807858820
Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; African American women -- Crimes against -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; Rape -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; Rape -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; Slaves -- Emancipation -- Social aspects -- Southern States.; Citizenship -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; Sex role -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; Racism -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.; Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.; Southern States -- History -- 1865-1877.
Description: Linking political events at the city, state, and regional levels, Rosen places gender and sexual violence at the heart of understanding the reconsolidation of race and racism in the postemancipation United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.