The Mark of Slavery: Disability, Race, and Gender in Antebellum America - Couverture rigide

Barclay, Jenifer L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0252043723 ISBN 13 : 9780252043727

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2021

Synopsis

Exploring the disability history of slavery

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jenifer L. Barclay is an assistant professor of history at the University at Buffalo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252043723
• ISBN 13: 9780252043727
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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