Rethinking Rufus : sexual violations of enslaved men /
Sexual violations of enslaved men
Thomas A. Foster.
- Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, (c)2019.
- 1 online resource
- Gender and slavery .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Machine generated contents note: chapter 1 "Remarkably Muscular and Well Made" or "Covered with Ulcers" -- Enslaved Black Men's Bodies -- ch. 2 "No Man Can Be Prevented from Visiting His Wife" -- Manly Autonomy and Intimacy -- ch. 3 "Just Like Raising Stock and Mating It" -- Coerced Reproduction -- ch. 4 "Frequently Heard Her Threaten to Sell Him" -- Relations between White Women and Enslaved Black Men -- ch. 5 "Till I Had Mastered Every Part" -- Valets, Vulnerability, and Same- Gender Relations under Slavery.
"This book uses a wide range of sources on slavery--early American newspapers, court records, slave owners' journals, abolitionist literature, and the testimony of former slaves collected in autobiographies and in interviews--to argue that enslaved black men were sexually assaulted by both white men and white women. Scholarship has focused on women's exploitation and abuse and has noted that many of our sources similarly emphasize the abuse of women, silencing the stories of men. However, a careful reading of extant sources finds that sexual assault of enslaved men took a wide variety of forms, including outright physical penetrative assault, forced reproduction, sexual coercion and manipulation, and psychic abuse."--Provided by publisher
9780820355207
Enslaved persons--Abuse of--History.--United States Enslaved persons--Sexual behavior--History.--United States Enslaved persons--Family relationships--History--Southern States--19th century. Male sexual abuse victims--History--United States--19th century. Male rape victims--History--United States--19th century. Male rape--History--United States--19th century. Slave trade--History.--United States Slaveholders--Sexual behavior--History.--United States Plantation life--History--Southern States--19th century.