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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798257203321

Autore

Lussana Sergio

Titolo

My brother slaves : friendship, masculinity, and resistance in the antebellum south / / Sergio A. Lussana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : University Press of Kentucky, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-8131-6784-1

0-8131-6695-0

0-8131-6696-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Collana

New directions in Southern history

Disciplina

306.3/62097509034

Soggetti

Enslaved persons - Southern States - Social conditions - 19th century

Male friendship - Southern States - History - 19th century

Masculinity - Southern States - History - 19th century

Slavery - Southern States

Southern States Social conditions 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Enslaved men and work -- Enslaved men and leisure -- Beyond the plantation -- Friendship, resistance, and runaways -- Enslaved men, the grapevine telegraph, and the underground railroad -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

Trapped in a world of brutal physical punishment and back-breaking labour, Frederick Douglass mused that it was the friendships he shared with other enslaved men that carried him through his darkest days. In this study, Sergio A. Lussana offers an in-depth investigation of the social dynamics between enslaved men and examines how individuals living under the conditions of bondage negotiated masculine identities.