Sexual violence and American slavery : the making of a rape culture in the antebellum South / Shannon C. Eaves.

"It is impossible to separate histories of sexual violence and the enslavement of Black women in the antebellum South. Rape permeated the lives of all who existed in that system: Black and white, male and female, adult and child, enslaved and free. Shannon Eaves unflinchingly investigates how both e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eaves, Shannon (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Enslaved women > Crimes against > Southern States > History > 19th century.
African American women > Crimes against > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Sexual assault > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Rape > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Noires américaines > Crimes contre > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes esclaves > Crimes contre > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / African American & Black.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
African American women > Crimes against.
Rape.
Sexual assault.
Slavery.
Southern States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Making of a rape culture in the antebellum South
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Navigating the South's Rape Culture
  • She Would Rather Die a Thousand Deaths
  • The Men Had No Comfort with Their Wives
  • The Greater Part of Slave Owners Are Licentious Men
  • A Licentious Master and a Jealous Mistress
  • Petitions from Jealous and Discontented Wives.