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100 1 $aBlassingame, John W.,$d1940-2000.
245 14 $aThe slave community :$bplantation life in the antebellum South /$cJohn W. Blassingame.
264 1 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1972.
300 $axv, 262 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.
505 0 $aEnslavement, acculturation, and African survivals -- Culture -- The slave family -- Rebels and runaways -- Plantation stereotypes and roles -- Plantation realities -- Slave personality types.
520 $aThis volume is one of the first historical studies of slavery in the United States to be presented from the perspective of the enslaved. This work contradicted those historians who had interpreted history to suggest that African American slaves were docile and submissive who enjoyed the benefits of a paternalistic master-slave relationship on Southern plantations. Using psychology, the author analyzes fugitive slave narratives published in the 19th century to conclude that an independent culture developed among the enslaved and that there were a variety of personality types exhibited by slaves. He asserts that by concentrating on the slave owner, historians have presented a distorted view of plantation life that "strips the slave of any meaningful and distinctive culture, family life, religion, or manhood."
520 $a"The plantation was a battlefield where slaves fought masters for physical and psychological survival. Although unlettered, unarmed, and outnumbered, slaves fought in various ways to preserve their manhood." This impressive and original study views the institution of slavery from a new perspective- that of the slaves themselves. The author challenges the timeworn stereotype of the slave as a passive and docile creature who lacked drive, purpose, and responsibility. He traces the development of the slave's personality traits, analyzes the patterns of resistance within the slave community, and proves conclusively that the slave had a rich cultural and family life that was deliberately kept hidden from the eyes of his white masters. Unlike the many accounts that deal with slavery from the outside, this book ventures inside the slave quarters to re-capture the slave's family life, music, religion, and folklore. Using a variety of sources, including the memoirs of former slaves, the author examines the ways that blacks became enslaved, their process of acculturation in the American South, and their deep ties to their African heritage. He shows how the slave was able to control parts of his own life while often wearing the mask of submissiveness required by the harsh realities of the plantation regime. The author draws upon psychological and sociological insights to reinterpret master-slave relationships. He includes the planter's viewpoint and the traveler's impression to create a dimensional portrait of plantation life that effectively separates mythology from historical reality. -- from Book Jacket.
520 $aThe personality and culture of the plantation slave are investigated from black autobiographies and other historical sources.
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650 0 $aSlavery$zSouthern States.
650 0 $aPlantation life$zSouthern States.
650 1 $aSlavery.
650 6 $aVie dans les plantations$zÉtats-Unis (Sud)
650 6 $aEsclavage$zÉtats-Unis (Sud)
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650 17 $aDagelijks leven.$2gtt
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651 7 $aUSA$xSüdstaaten$2gnd
650 7 $aHistoria Geral (Escravidao)$2larpcal
648 7 $aGeschichte 1700-1861$2swd
648 4 $aGeschichte 1700-1861.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aBlassingame, John W., 1940-$tSlave community.$dNew York, Oxford University Press, 1972$w(OCoLC)560762906
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