In the first-ever comprehensive analysis of Violence among enslaved people in the antebellum South, Jeff Forret challenges persistent notions of Slave communities as sites of unwavering harmony and solidarity.
Using a vast array of primary sources, Slave Against Slave e.
Though existing scholarship shows that intraracial black Violence did not reach high levels until after Reconstruction, contemporary records bear witness to its regular presence among enslaved populations.
In the first-ever comprehensive analysis of Violence among enslaved people in the antebellum South, Jeff Forret challenges persistent notions of Slave communities as sites of unwavering harmony and solidarity