Setting Slavery's Limits: Physical Confrontations in Antebellum Virginia, 1801-1860

By Christopher H Bouton and Christopher H. Bouton

Book Overview

This study examines how slaves in antebellum Virginia, through physical confrontations with whites, fought to reassert some measure of control over their day-today lives. The author analyzes how while this violence came at a high cost, it also ensured the preservation of their humanity and set limits on their enslavement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498579477
• ISBN13: 9781498579476
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"