Book contents
- Contesting Slave Masculinity in the American South
- Cambridge Studies on the American South
- Contesting Slave Masculinity in the American South
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “If I had my life to live over, I would die fighting rather than be a slave again”
- 2 “The best amongst them was picked for that job”
- 3 “I never seen such a worker as my father”
- 4 “He am big and ’cause he so he think everybody do what him say”
- 5 “The best man whipped and the other one took it”
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - “The best amongst them was picked for that job”
Authority, Discipline, and Masculinity
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 July 2018
Book contents
- Contesting Slave Masculinity in the American South
- Cambridge Studies on the American South
- Contesting Slave Masculinity in the American South
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “If I had my life to live over, I would die fighting rather than be a slave again”
- 2 “The best amongst them was picked for that job”
- 3 “I never seen such a worker as my father”
- 4 “He am big and ’cause he so he think everybody do what him say”
- 5 “The best man whipped and the other one took it”
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Contesting Slave Masculinity in the American South , pp. 49 - 88Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018