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In this new and expanded third edition of Unburdened by Conscience, Anthony W. Neal forcefully argues that influential historians have been unable to offer a complete account of antebellum-era American slavery because of their preoccupation with humanizing the slaveholders. He charges them with concealing the full horrors of slavery in order to present the slaveholders in a more favorable light. By skillfully weaving together searing firsthand accounts of courageous ex-slaves, Neal permits the reader to see slavery in the United States from their point of view. Former slaves talk candidly about the break-up of their marital unions and families and about matters rarely examined in most American slavery history books, including the slaveholders' legally sanctioned acts of violence, their practice of slave breeding, and their rape of black women. Through this powerful and compelling work, Neal gives a voice to black people who endured American slavery and presents a sobering record not found in most books on the topic.
Contents
Part One: Brutality and Physical Repression
Chapter 1: Scholarship on the Brutality of American Slavery
Chapter 2: A Monopoly of Violence in the Slaveholder's Hands
Chapter 3: The Slaves' Undying Faith in God
Chapter 4: The Torture of Black Women and Children
Chapter 5: Public Whippings: A Terrible Part of Living
Chapter 6: White Man's Law: Black Man's Grief
Chapter 7: The Omnipresent Slave Patrols
Part Two: Master-on-Slave Rape
Chapter 8: A Reluctance to Call it Rape
Chapter 9: Master-on-Slave Rape Revealed
Chapter 10: The Threat of Injury or Death
Chapter 11: Slave Resistance
Chapter 12: Rape and Slave Breeding
Chapter 13: Begetting Children for Profit
Part Three: Slave Family Break-Ups
Chapter 14: The Humane Home-Breaker in Slavery Historiography
Chapter 15: The Importance of the Slave Family
Chapter 16: The Break-Up of Marital Unions through Slave Sales
Chapter 17: The Promiscuous Bondswoman: Myth or Reality?
Chapter 18: The Break-Up of Slave Families
Part Four: The Aftermath
Chapter 19: One Hundred More Years of Racism and Cruelty
Chapter 20: Epilogue