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A review by stacilorraine
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
5.0
The research alone in this book is incredible.
As a white woman, the prevailing narrative of helplessness and passive consent in the mechanisms of slavery is, of course, comforting. It’s also a complete fabrication (and Jones-Rogers brought the receipts). I’m realizing how little I know about the true nature of slavery and the ways those histories are so entrenched in current life.
The chapter about motherhood in particular changed my perspective.
As a white woman, the prevailing narrative of helplessness and passive consent in the mechanisms of slavery is, of course, comforting. It’s also a complete fabrication (and Jones-Rogers brought the receipts). I’m realizing how little I know about the true nature of slavery and the ways those histories are so entrenched in current life.
The chapter about motherhood in particular changed my perspective.