A review by k_lenn
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

4.0

This is an impressively thorough and well-researched book, backed by evidence gathered from interviews with formerly enslaved people, journal entries, newspaper ads, etc. It's far from an easy read, especially when the author speaks about the emotional and physical torture enslaved people were forced to endure, but it's important and challenges a popular misconception.

It's a bit repetitive which was distracting, but the information is all there and easy to understand.