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Out of the house of bondage : the transformation of the plantation household

Glymph, Thavolia 1951- (Author).

Summary: Glymph challenges popular depictions of mistresses as 'friends' and 'allies' of slaves in the plantation household.

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  • ISBN: 0521703980 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780521703987 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0521879019 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780521879019 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
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  • Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-263) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Gender of violence -- "Beyond the limits of decency": women in slavery -- Making "better girls": mistresses, slave women, and the claims of domesticity -- "Nothing but deception in them": the war within -- Out of the house of bondage: a sundering of ties, 1865-1866 -- "Makeshift kind of life": free women and free homes -- "Wild notions of right and wrong": from the plantation household to the wilder world.

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Subject: Plantation life Southern States History 19th century
Women slaves Southern States Social conditions 19th century
African American women Southern States Social conditions 19th century
Plantation owners' spouses Southern States Social conditions 19th century
Women, White Southern States Social conditions 19th century
Social distance History 19th century
Households Southern States History 19th century
Patriarchy Southern States History 19th century
Plantagenbesitzer
Ehefrau
Weibliche Weiße
Haushalt
Soziale Situation
Plantage
Sklavin
Weibliche Schwarze
Southern States Social life and customs 1775-1865
Southern States Race relations History 19th century
USA Südstaaten

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