Terror in the heart of freedom : citizenship, sexual violence, and the meaning of race in the postemancipation South /

Terror in the heart of freedom : citizenship, sexual violence, and the meaning of race in the postemancipation South /

The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery (coded as black) and full citizenship (coded as white as well as male). These traditional definitions of race were radically disrupted after emancipation, when citizenship was granted to al...

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Main Author: Rosen, Hannah (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : Univ. of North Carolina Press, ©2009.
Series:Gender & American culture.
Subjects:
1800 - 1899
African Americans > Civil rights > Southern States > History > 19th century.
African American women > Crimes against > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Rape > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Rape > Political aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Emancipation > Social aspects > Southern States.
Citizenship > Social aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Sex role > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Racism > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Southern States > History > 1865-1877.
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