Roll, Jordan, roll
Subtitle: the world the slaves made
By: Eugene D. Genovese.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1976
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 823
Copyright date: 1974
Subjects: Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions
Description: A profound, learned and detailed analysis of Negro slavery. It covers an incredible range of topics and offers fresh insights on nearly every page ... the author's great gift is his ability to penetrate the minds of bothslaves and masters, revealing not only how they viewed themselves and each other, but also how they contradictory perceptions interacted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Bk. I. God is not mocked.; title: pt. 1. Of the willing and the obedient. On paternalism; title: Farmers, planters, and overseers; title: The hegemonic function of the law; title: In the name of humanity and the cause of reform; title: Our Black family; title: A duty and a burden; title: Of concubines and horses; title: The moment of truth; title: pt. 2. And the children brought up.; title: To the manor born; title: De good massa; title: Our white folks; title: Some valiant soldier here; title: Bk. II. The rock and the church.; title: pt. 1. Of the God of the living. The Christian tradition; title: Slave religion in hemispheric perspective; title: Black conversation and white sensibility; title: Let the dead bury the dead; title: The white preachers; title: Origins of the folk religion; title: The gospel in the quarters; title: The Black preachers; title: Religious foundations of the Black nation; title: pt. 2. And every man according as his work shall be.; title: Time and work rhythms; title: A "lazy" people; title: The Black work ethic; title: Bk. III. The valley of the shadow.; title: pt. 1. Of the sons of Jacob.; title: Life in the big house; title: The men between; title: Men of skill; title: Free Negroes; title: Miscegenation; title: The language of class and nation; title: A conclusion and a preface; title: pt. 2. And the coat of many colors.; title: The naming of cats; title: The myth of the absent family; title: Romances of the field; title: Broomsticks and orange blossoms; title: Husbands and fathers; title: Wives and mothers; title: The children; title: The old folks; title: Hearth and home; title: Gardens; title: Kitchens, high and low; title: Clothes make the man and the woman; title: Reading, writing, and prospects; title: De big times; title: Bk. IV. Whom God hath hedged in.; title: The slave revolts; title: On resistance; title: "Roast pig is a wonderful delicacy, especially when stolen"; title: Standing up to the man; title: Brothers, sisters, and no-'counts; title: "All Negroes are fatalists"; title: The runaways; title: The bright and morning star; title: Appendix : The fate of paternalism in modern bourgeois society : the case of Japan