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The Resource They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South, Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South, Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

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"Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economic actors who directly engaged in and benefited from the South's slave market. Because women typically inherited more slaves than land, enslaved people were often their primary source of wealth. Not only did white women often refuse to cede ownership of their slaves to their husbands, they employed management techniques that were as effective and brutal as those used by slave-owning men. White women actively participated in the slave market, profited from it, and used it for economic and social empowerment. By examining the economically entangled lives of enslaved people and slave-owning women, Jones-Rogers presents a narrative that forces us to rethink the economics and social conventions of slaveholding America"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 296 pages)
Contents
  • Introduction : Mistresses of the market
  • Mistresses in the making
  • "I belong to de mistis"
  • "Missus done her own bossing"
  • "She thought she could find a better market"
  • "Wet nurse for sale or hire"
  • "That 'oman took delight in sellin' slaves"
  • "Her slaves have been liberated and lost to her"
  • "A most unprecedented robbery"
  • Epilogue : Lost kindred, lost cause
Isbn
9780300245103
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They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South
Title
They were her property
Title remainder
white women as slave owners in the American South
Statement of responsibility
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Title variation
White women as slave owners in the American South
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economic actors who directly engaged in and benefited from the South's slave market. Because women typically inherited more slaves than land, enslaved people were often their primary source of wealth. Not only did white women often refuse to cede ownership of their slaves to their husbands, they employed management techniques that were as effective and brutal as those used by slave-owning men. White women actively participated in the slave market, profited from it, and used it for economic and social empowerment. By examining the economically entangled lives of enslaved people and slave-owning women, Jones-Rogers presents a narrative that forces us to rethink the economics and social conventions of slaveholding America"--
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Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E
Dewey number
975/.00496
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E443
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Slaveholders
  • Slavery
  • Slavery
  • HISTORY
  • Slaveholders
  • Slavery
  • Social conditions
  • Southern States
  • Southern States
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They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South, Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
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Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : Mistresses of the market -- Mistresses in the making -- "I belong to de mistis" -- "Missus done her own bossing" -- "She thought she could find a better market" -- "Wet nurse for sale or hire" -- "That 'oman took delight in sellin' slaves" -- "Her slaves have been liberated and lost to her" -- "A most unprecedented robbery" -- Epilogue : Lost kindred, lost cause
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 296 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780300245103
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
9ba62e60-430d-4860-a37c-73b4d50415b1
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1083671067
Label
They were her property : white women as slave owners in the American South, Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
Link
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction : Mistresses of the market -- Mistresses in the making -- "I belong to de mistis" -- "Missus done her own bossing" -- "She thought she could find a better market" -- "Wet nurse for sale or hire" -- "That 'oman took delight in sellin' slaves" -- "Her slaves have been liberated and lost to her" -- "A most unprecedented robbery" -- Epilogue : Lost kindred, lost cause
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 296 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780300245103
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
9ba62e60-430d-4860-a37c-73b4d50415b1
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)1083671067

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