TY  - GEN
T1  - The mark of slavery : disability, race, and gender in antebellum America
T2  - Disability histories (Series)
A1  - Barclay, Jenifer L.
LA  - English
PP  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1244618610
AB  - "Time and again, antebellum Americans justified slavery and white supremacy by linking blackness to disability, defectiveness, and dependency. Jenifer L. Barclay examines the ubiquitous narratives that depicted black people with disabilities as pitiable, monstrous, or comical, narratives used not only to defend slavery but argue against it. As she shows, this relationship between ableism and racism impacted racial identities during the antebellum period and played an overlooked role in shaping American history afterward. Barclay also illuminates the everyday lives of the ten percent of enslaved people who lived with disabilities. Devalued by slaveholders as unsound and therefore worthless, these individuals nonetheless carved out an unusual autonomy. Their roles as caregivers, healers, and keepers of memory made them esteemed within their own communities and celebrated figures in song and folklore. Prescient in its analysis and rich in detail, 'The Mark of Slavery' is a powerful addition to the intertwined histories of disability, slavery, and race"--
OP  - 222
CN  - E443 .B245 2020eb
SN  - 9780252052613
SN  - 0252052617
SN  - 9780252043727
SN  - 0252043723
SN  - 9780252085703
SN  - 0252085701
KW  - Enslaved persons : Abuse of : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - African Americans with disabilities : History : 19th century.
KW  - People with disabilities : Abuse of : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - People with disabilities : United States : Social conditions : History : 19th century.
KW  - Enslaved persons : United States : Social conditions : 19th century.
KW  - United States : Race relations : History : 19th century.
KW  - Esclaves : Violence envers : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Noirs américains handicapés : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Personnes handicapées : États-Unis : Conditions sociales : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Esclaves : États-Unis : Conditions sociales : 19e siècle.
KW  - États-Unis : Relations raciales : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Personnes handicapées : Exploitation financière : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - African Americans with disabilities
KW  - People with disabilities : Abuse of
KW  - People with disabilities : Social conditions
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Enslaved persons : Abuse of
KW  - Enslaved persons : Social conditions
KW  - United States
KW  - 1800-1899
KW  - History
ER  -