Rethinking Rufus
Sexual Violations of Enslaved Men
Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: xv, 174 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
"This book uses a wide range of sources on slavery--early American newspapers, court records, slave owners' journals, abolitionist literature, and the testimony of former slaves collected in autobiographies and in interviews--to argue that enslaved black men were sexually assaulted by both white men and white women. Scholarship has focused on women's exploitation and abuse and has noted that many of our sources similarly emphasize the abuse of women, silencing the stories of men. However, a careful reading of extant sources finds that sexual assault of enslaved men took a wide variety of forms, including outright physical penetrative assault, forced reproduction, sexual coercion and manipulation, and psychic abuse."--Provided by publisher.
Series: Gender and slavery (Athens, Ga.)
Subjects:
1800-1899
Enslaved persons -- Abuse of -- United States -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Male sexual abuse victims -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Male rape victims -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Male rape -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- United States -- History.
Slaveholders -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- History.
Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Male rape.
Male rape victims.
Male sexual abuse victims.
Plantation life.
Slave trade.
Slaves -- Abuse of.
Slaves -- Family relationships.
Southern States.
United States.
1800-1899
Enslaved persons -- Abuse of -- United States -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- History.
Enslaved persons -- Family relationships -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Male sexual abuse victims -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Male rape victims -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Male rape -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade -- United States -- History.
Slaveholders -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- History.
Plantation life -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Male rape.
Male rape victims.
Male sexual abuse victims.
Plantation life.
Slave trade.
Slaves -- Abuse of.
Slaves -- Family relationships.
Southern States.
United States.
ISBN:
9780820355214
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY North Am. US AF AM Slavery Fos | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.