Description
A testament to the power of the human spirit under conditions of extreme oppression, this landmark history of slavery in the South challenged conventional views by illuminating the many forms of resistance to dehumanization that developed in slave society.
Displaying keen insight into the minds of both enslaved persons and slaveholders, historian Eugene Genovese investigates the ways that enslaved persons forced their owners to acknowledge their humanity through culture, music, and religion. He covers a vast range of subjects, from slave weddings and funerals, to language, food, clothing, and labor, and places particular emphasis on religion as both a major battleground for psychological control and a paradoxical source of spiritual strength. A winner of the Bancroft Prize.Author: Eugene D. Genovese
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/12/1976
Pages: 864
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.28w x 1.43d
ISBN13: 9780394716527
ISBN10: 0394716523
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
About the Author
Eugene D. Genovese was the author of several books, including Roll, Jordan, Roll, for which he won the Bancroft Prize; The Southern Tradition; and The Southern Front. Genovese was known for his Marxist perspective in regards to the study of power, class, and race relations in during plantation life in the old south. Genovese passed away in 2012.