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Author Lewis, Kay Wright, 1958-
Title A curse upon the nation : race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world / Kay Wright Lewis.
Alternative Title Race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world
Publisher Athens, GA : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]
Copyright date ©2017


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Contents Introduction. The legacy and human cost of slavery -- "Nits make lice": genocidal violence in colonial America -- A "state of war continued": white fear, black warriors -- "The past is never dead": the continuity of African and European warfare practices -- The abridgment of hope: after Nat Turner -- "In the hands of the master": the Virginia debates -- Seeing their blood flow: reopening the African slave trade -- John Brown's mistake: the power of memory and the dangers of violence -- Making "hell for a country": the Civil War and post-Civil War era -- Epilogue. the "place for which our fathers sighed."
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ISBN 9780820351261 (electronic bk.)
0820351261 (electronic bk.)
9780820351278
082035127X
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Author Lewis, Kay Wright, 1958-
Subject Slavery -- United States -- Influence.
Violence -- United States -- History.
Slave insurrections -- Historiography.
African Americans -- Crimes against.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Fear -- Political aspects -- United States.
Genocide -- Public opinion.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
Alternative Title Race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world
Descript 1 online resource (281 pages)
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Contents Introduction. The legacy and human cost of slavery -- "Nits make lice": genocidal violence in colonial America -- A "state of war continued": white fear, black warriors -- "The past is never dead": the continuity of African and European warfare practices -- The abridgment of hope: after Nat Turner -- "In the hands of the master": the Virginia debates -- Seeing their blood flow: reopening the African slave trade -- John Brown's mistake: the power of memory and the dangers of violence -- Making "hell for a country": the Civil War and post-Civil War era -- Epilogue. the "place for which our fathers sighed."
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780820351261 (electronic bk.)
0820351261 (electronic bk.)
9780820351278
082035127X
Author Lewis, Kay Wright, 1958-
Subject Slavery -- United States -- Influence.
Violence -- United States -- History.
Slave insurrections -- Historiography.
African Americans -- Crimes against.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Fear -- Political aspects -- United States.
Genocide -- Public opinion.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
Alternative Title Race, freedom, and extermination in America and the Atlantic world

Subject Slavery -- United States -- Influence.
Violence -- United States -- History.
Slave insurrections -- Historiography.
African Americans -- Crimes against.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Fear -- Political aspects -- United States.
Genocide -- Public opinion.
United States -- Race relations -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (281 pages)
Content text txt
Media computer c
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Contents Introduction. The legacy and human cost of slavery -- "Nits make lice": genocidal violence in colonial America -- A "state of war continued": white fear, black warriors -- "The past is never dead": the continuity of African and European warfare practices -- The abridgment of hope: after Nat Turner -- "In the hands of the master": the Virginia debates -- Seeing their blood flow: reopening the African slave trade -- John Brown's mistake: the power of memory and the dangers of violence -- Making "hell for a country": the Civil War and post-Civil War era -- Epilogue. the "place for which our fathers sighed."
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780820351261 (electronic bk.)
0820351261 (electronic bk.)
9780820351278
082035127X
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