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Unburdened by Conscience
A Black People's Collective Account of America's Ante-Bellum South and the Aftermath
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2009
Summary
In Unburdened by Conscience, Anthony W. Neal forcefully argues that influential historians have been unable to offer a complete account of ante-bellum-era American slavery because of their preoccupation with humanizing the slaveholders. He charges them with concealing the full horrors of slavery in order to present the slaveholders in a more positive light. By skillfully weaving together candid first-hand accounts of courageous ex-slaves, Neal then permits readers to see slavery in the United States from their point of view. Former slaves talk openly about the break-up of their marital unions and families and about matters rarely examined in most American slavery history books. Those issues include the slaveholders' legally-sanctioned acts of violence, their practice of slave-breeding, and their rape of black women. Through this work, Neal gives a voice to black people who endured American slavery, and presents a sobering record not found in most books on the topic.
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Edition
1/2009
Copyright Year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-4965-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7618-4966-7
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
154
Product Type
Monograph
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Table of Contents No access
Preface No access
Chapter 1. Scholarship on the Brutality of American Slavery No access
Chapter 2. A Monopoly of Violence in the Slaveholder's Hands No access
Chapter 3. The Slaves' Undying Faith in God No access
Chapter 4. The Torture of Black Women and Children No access
Chapter 5. Public Whippings: A Terrible Part of Living No access
Chapter 6. White Man's Law: Black Man's Grief No access
Chapter 7. The Omnipresent Slave Patrols No access
Chapter 8. A Reluctance to Call It Rape No access
Chapter 9. Master-on-Slave Rape Revealed No access
Chapter 10. The Threat of Injury or Death No access
Chapter 11. Slave Resistance No access
Chapter 12. Rape and Slave Breeding No access
Chapter 13. Begetting Children for Profit No access
Chapter 14. The Humane Home-Breaker in Slavery Historiography No access
Chapter 15. The Importance of the Slave Family No access
Chapter 16. The Break-Up of Marital Unions through Slave Sales No access
Chapter 17. The Promiscuous Bondswoman: Myth or Reality? No access
Chapter 18. The Break-Up of Slave Families No access
Chapter 19. One Hundred More Years of Racism and Cruelty No access
