Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery, and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America

In this provocative and original exploration of racial subjugation during slavery and its aftermath, Saidiya Hartman illumines the forms of terror and resistance that shaped black identity. Scenes of …

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