"Myne owne ground" : race and freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676 / / T.H. Breen, Stephen Innes

• Autore: Breen T. H
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Edizione: 25th anniversary ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 142 p. ) : 1 map
• Disciplina: 975.5/100496073
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) - History - 17th century; African Americans - Virginia - History - 17th century; African Americans - History - 17th century - Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.); African Americans - History - 17th century - Virginia; United States Local History; Regions & Countries - Americas; History & Archaeology
• Soggetto geografico: Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) Race relations History 17th century; Virginia Race relations History 17th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Altri autori: InnesStephen
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [115]-135) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Patriarch on Pungoteague Creek -- Race relations as status and process -- Northampton County at mid-century -- The free blacks of the Eastern Shore -- Conclusion : property and the context of freedom.
• Sommario/riassunto: Ever since its publication twenty-five years ago, "Myne Owne Ground" has challenged readers to rethink much of what is taken for granted about American race relations. During the earliest decades of Virginia history, some men and women who arrived in the New World as slaves achieved freedom and formed a stable community on the Eastern shore. Holding their own with white neighbors for much of the 17th century, these free blacks purchased freedom for family members, amassed property, established plantations, and acquired laborers. T.H. Breen and Stephen Innes reconstruct a community in which ownership of property was as significant as skin color in structuring social relations. Why this model of social interaction in race relations did not survive makes this a critical and urgent work of history. In a new foreword, Breen and Innes reflect on the origins of this book, setting it into the context of Atlantic and particularly African history.
• Titolo autorizzato: "Myne owne ground"
• ISBN: 1-280-84492-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910959171403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II