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Notorious in the neighborhood : sex and families across the color line in Virginia, 1787-1861 / Joshua D. Rothman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: HeinOnline. Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law. | HeinOnline. UNC Press law publications.Publisher: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 341 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0807863122
  • 9780807863121
  • 0807827681
  • 9780807827680
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Notorious in the neighborhood.DDC classification:
  • 306.84/6/09755 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1031 .R695 2003eb
Other classification:
  • 15.85
  • NP 6020
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Contents:
Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, James Callender, and sex across the color line under slavery -- Notorious in the neighborhood -- The church and the brothel are only separated by a pane of glass -- The strongest passion that can possibly aggitate the human mind -- To be free from thate curs and let at liberty -- Let there be but two races among us.
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Summary: This text examines interracial sexual relationships under slavery. While laws militated against interracial sex in Virginia before the Civil War it was ubiquitous throughout the state. The customery toleration of sex across the colour line both supported and undermined racism.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-330) and index.

Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, James Callender, and sex across the color line under slavery -- Notorious in the neighborhood -- The church and the brothel are only separated by a pane of glass -- The strongest passion that can possibly aggitate the human mind -- To be free from thate curs and let at liberty -- Let there be but two races among us.

This text examines interracial sexual relationships under slavery. While laws militated against interracial sex in Virginia before the Civil War it was ubiquitous throughout the state. The customery toleration of sex across the colour line both supported and undermined racism.

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