My Brother Slaves: Friendship, Masculinity, and Resistance in the Antebellum South
(Part of the New Directions in Southern History Series)
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Trapped in a world of brutal physical punishment and unremitting, back-breaking labor, Frederick Douglass mused that it was the friendships he shared with other enslaved men that carried him through his darkest days. In this pioneering study, Sergio A. Lussana offers the first in-depth investigation of the social dynamics between enslaved men and examines how individuals living under the conditions of bondage negotiated masculine identities. He demonstrates that African American men worked to c
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0813166942
ISBN13:9780813166940
Release Date:May 2016
Publisher:University Press of Kentucky
Length:238 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
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