Generations of freedom : gender, movement, and violence in Natchez, 1779-1865 /

"In Generations of Freedom: Gender, Movement, and Violence in Natchez, 1779-1865, Nik Ribianszky employs the lenses of gender and violence to examine family, community, and the tenacious struggles by which free Blacks claimed and maintained their freedom under shifting international governance,...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ribianszky, Nik (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2021]
Collection:Early American places.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2901660
Table des matières:
  • Movement and the Community of Free People of Color in Natchez
  • Sexual Violence and Community Creation in Natchez
  • Gendered Violence as a Mechanism of Control
  • Challenges to One's Most Intimate Property : Themselves
  • Threats to Property
  • Networks of Friends and Family
  • Movement across the Color Line : Racial Passing as Resistance.