Social death and resurrection
Subtitle: slavery and emancipation in South Africa
By: John Edwin Mason.
Series: Reconsiderations in southern African history
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: Slavery -- South Africa -- History.; Slaves -- Emancipation -- South Africa -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-321) and index.
Table of contents: value: Introduction: Aurora, or the good mother's tale; value: The state of the Cape; value: "Breaking the spell of subjection" : slavery in the age of reform; value: "A state in miniature" : the master's household; value: "A paradise, even when oppressive" : skilled slaves, domestic servants, and urban laborers; value: "An unprofitable waste, unfit for culture" : slavery on the farms; value: "Words will not suffice" : violence and resistance; value: "A faith for ourselves" : god and the slaves at the Cape; value: "Habits of intimacy" : slave families.