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The Resource A curse upon the nation : race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world, Kay Wright Lewis

A curse upon the nation : race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world, Kay Wright Lewis

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Summary
"From the inception of slavery as a pillar of the Atlantic World economy, both Europeans and Africans feared their mass extermination by the other in a race war. In the United States, says Kay Wright Lewis, this ingrained dread nourished a preoccupation with slave rebellions and would later help fuel the Civil War, thwart the aims of Reconstruction, justify Jim Crow, and even inform civil rights movement strategy. And yet, says Lewis, the historiography of slavery is all but silent on extermination as a category of analysis. Moreover, little of the existing sparse scholarship interrogates the black perspective on extermination. A Curse upon the Nation addresses both of these issues."--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
281 pages
Contents
  • Introduction. The legacy and human cost of slavery
  • "Nits make lice": genocidal violence in colonial America
  • A "state of war continued": white fear, black warriors
  • "The past is never dead": the continuity of African and European warfare practices
  • The abridgment of hope: after Nat Turner
  • "In the hands of the master": the Virginia debates
  • Seeing their blood flow: reopening the African slave trade
  • John Brown's mistake: the power of memory and the dangers of violence
  • Making "hell for a country": the Civil War and post-Civil War era
  • Epilogue. the "place for which our fathers sighed"
Isbn
9780820351278
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A curse upon the nation : race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world
Title
A curse upon the nation
Title remainder
race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world
Statement of responsibility
Kay Wright Lewis
Title variation
Race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"From the inception of slavery as a pillar of the Atlantic World economy, both Europeans and Africans feared their mass extermination by the other in a race war. In the United States, says Kay Wright Lewis, this ingrained dread nourished a preoccupation with slave rebellions and would later help fuel the Civil War, thwart the aims of Reconstruction, justify Jim Crow, and even inform civil rights movement strategy. And yet, says Lewis, the historiography of slavery is all but silent on extermination as a category of analysis. Moreover, little of the existing sparse scholarship interrogates the black perspective on extermination. A Curse upon the Nation addresses both of these issues."--Provided by publisher
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1958-
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Lewis, Kay Wright
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • United States
  • Slavery
  • Violence
  • Slave insurrections
  • African Americans
  • Racism
  • Fear
  • Genocide
Label
A curse upon the nation : race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world, Kay Wright Lewis
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
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  • txt
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Contents
Introduction. The legacy and human cost of slavery -- "Nits make lice": genocidal violence in colonial America -- A "state of war continued": white fear, black warriors -- "The past is never dead": the continuity of African and European warfare practices -- The abridgment of hope: after Nat Turner -- "In the hands of the master": the Virginia debates -- Seeing their blood flow: reopening the African slave trade -- John Brown's mistake: the power of memory and the dangers of violence -- Making "hell for a country": the Civil War and post-Civil War era -- Epilogue. the "place for which our fathers sighed"
Control code
960031186
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
281 pages
Isbn
9780820351278
Lccn
2017003724
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)960031186
Label
A curse upon the nation : race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world, Kay Wright Lewis
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction. The legacy and human cost of slavery -- "Nits make lice": genocidal violence in colonial America -- A "state of war continued": white fear, black warriors -- "The past is never dead": the continuity of African and European warfare practices -- The abridgment of hope: after Nat Turner -- "In the hands of the master": the Virginia debates -- Seeing their blood flow: reopening the African slave trade -- John Brown's mistake: the power of memory and the dangers of violence -- Making "hell for a country": the Civil War and post-Civil War era -- Epilogue. the "place for which our fathers sighed"
Control code
960031186
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
281 pages
Isbn
9780820351278
Lccn
2017003724
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)960031186

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