“This collection challenges many established conceptual boundaries; and refines and reinterprets others.†—African Studies QuarterlySexual exploitation was and is a critical feature of enslavement. Across many different societies; slaves were considered to own neither their bodies nor their children; even if many struggled to resist. At the same time; paradoxes abound: for example; in some societies to bear the children of a master was a potential route to manumission for some women. Sex; Power; and Slavery is the first history of slavery and bondage to take sexuality seriously. Twenty-six authors from diverse scholarly backgrounds look at the vexed; traumatic intersections of the histories of slavery and of sexuality. They argue that such intersections mattered profoundly and; indeed; that slavery cannot be understood without adequate attention to sexuality. Sex; Power; and Slavery brings into conversation historians of the slave trade; art historians; and scholars of childhood and contemporary sex trafficking. The book merges work on the Atlantic world and the Indian Ocean world and enables rich comparisons and parallels between these diverse areas. Contributors: David Brion Davis; Martin Klein; Richard Hellie; Abdul Sheriff; Griet Vankeerberghen; E. Ann McDougall; Matthew S. Hopper; Marie Rodet; George La Rue; Ulrike Schmieder; Tara Iniss; Mariano Candido; James Francis Warren; Johanna Ransmeier; Roseline Uyanga with Marie-Luise Ermisch; Francesca Ann Louise Mitchell; Shigeru Sato; Gabeba Baderoon; Charmaine Nelson; Ana Lucia Araujo; Brian Lewis; Ronaldo Vainfas; Saleh Trabelsi; Joost Coté; Sandra Evers; Subho Basu.
#1048270 in Books Ronald Angelo Johnson 2014-07-15 2014-07-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.90 x .70 x 5.90l; .0 #File Name: 0820347698264 pagesDiplomacy in Black and White John Adams Toussaint Louverture and Their Atlantic World Alliance Race in the Atlantic World 1700 1900
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Informative! A must read for historians and lovers of early American history.By Edwin HandleyDiplomacy in Black White: John Adams; Toussaint Louverture; and Their Atlantic World AllianceBy Dr. Ronald Angelo JohnsonInformative! A must read for historians and lovers of early American history.Articulately written and compelling. Dr. Johnson introduces us to early American diplomacy between the colonies; colonial leaders; namely John Adams and Hispaniola (present day Haiti) under the leadership of Toussaint Louverture.Dr. Johnson; draws several lines of interest out his research and raises awareness of racial differences; the use of Naval forces in the Gulf of Mexico; and early American foreign policy while documenting the lives of Adams and Louverture in a biographical context.This edition is well researched and superbly written. This book belongs on a bookshelf between Joseph J. Ellis’s Founding Brothers and David McCullough’s 1776. I look forward to more well-written books by Dr. Johnson in the future.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Excellent!By Andrew PoseyThis book is very well written and is a fascinating study of Americas history of foreign policy. K Posey3 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Great BookBy Devera R. BarnhartThis book is well written. The information is very interesting and informative. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in history.
