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They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
14 reviews
evenstr's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, and Slavery
Moderate: Physical abuse and Sexual assault
Minor: War
iygatac_reads's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Jones-Rogers pulls on various sources, including interviews with formally enslaved people that were conducted as part of the Works Progress Administration, court documents, and contemporary print sources, to illuminate the role that white women played in slavery. Her investigation reveals the full extent to which slave-owning women were active participants in the slave economy. These women were also no less brutal than white men in the way they interacted with the enslaved people they owned or came into contact with.
I listened to this on audiobook since it was available to borrow on Libby and I wasn't sure when I'd get a chance to read a physical copy. I learned a lot, but I feel this is one that I have to get a physical copy of so I can re-read it and make highlights and notes. There is a lot that's covered in this book.
While listening to this history, I was making connections to the present day - to how we can trace a thread from slave-owning white women and their ideas of, sense of entitlement to, and actions toward enslaved persons and Africans in general to present-day white women and the way they relate to and speak about Black people.
Content warnings and notes: When quoting interviewees and other sources, the n-word and other slurs are written out in the text/read out in the audiobook
I listened to this on audiobook since it was available to borrow on Libby and I wasn't sure when I'd get a chance to read a physical copy. I learned a lot, but I feel this is one that I have to get a physical copy of so I can re-read it and make highlights and notes. There is a lot that's covered in this book.
While listening to this history, I was making connections to the present day - to how we can trace a thread from slave-owning white women and their ideas of, sense of entitlement to, and actions toward enslaved persons and Africans in general to present-day white women and the way they relate to and speak about Black people.
Content warnings and notes: When quoting interviewees and other sources, the n-word and other slurs are written out in the text/read out in the audiobook
Content Warnings
Moderate: Slavery, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence
Content warnings - everything to do with slavery. The n-word is written out (spoken in the audiobook), along with other slurs, since quotes from former enslaved people and others are used in full.maria_egnatz_alexander's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
This was a challenging book to get through. I’m a white women who has read lots of books regarding racial disparity before. The testimonies and information are presented very matter-of-fact which really emphasized the calloused business nature slavery was given. There were many times I turned off the audiobook because even listening to it felt disrespectful. I think it’s important to know the reality of the past do we understand how we arrived at our present. That said, I don’t know when it would ever feel appropriate to hear the things white Americans have forced on Black people as a whole.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Racism, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Incest, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship
savgulick's review against another edition
dark
informative
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Kidnapping, Death, and Confinement
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