Title Slave breeding : sex, violence, and memory in African American history / Gregory D. Smithers.

Publication Info.	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
	©2012

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Description	1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	American abolitionism and slave-breeding discourse -- Slavery, the lost cause, and African American history -- Black history and slave breeding in the early twentieth century -- The theater of memory -- The WPA narratives and slave breeding -- Sex, violence, and the quest for civil rights -- Slave breeding in literature, film, and new media.
Summary	An exploration of the idea of selective and forced slave breeding in the U.S. based on the collective memory and folktales of the descendants of enslaved people.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions.
	Enslaved persons.
	United States.
	Social conditions.
	Enslaved persons -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- History.
	History.
	Slavery -- United States -- History.
	Slavery.
	African Americans -- Southern States -- History.
	African Americans.
	Southern States.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Smithers, Gregory D., 1974- Slave breeding 9780813042381 (DLC) 2012018876 (OCoLC)777602080
ISBN	9780813042602 (electronic book)
	0813042607 (electronic book)
	9780813042381 (alkaline paper)
	0813042380 (alkaline paper)