Original publication date
2019-02-19
Publication
Yale University Press (2019), 320 pages
ISBN
0300218664 / 9780300218664
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CONTENTS
Introduction: Mistresses of the Market
1 Mistresses in the Making
2 “I Belong to de Mistis”
3 “Missus Done Her Own Bossing”
4 “She Thought She Could Find a Better Market”
5 “Wet Nurse for Sale or Hire”
6 “That ’Oman Took Delight in Sellin’ Slaves”
7 “Her Slaves Have Been Liberated and Lost to Her”
8 “A Most Unprecedented Robbery”
Epilogue: Lost Kindred, Lost Cause
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
Introduction: Mistresses of the Market
1 Mistresses in the Making
2 “I Belong to de Mistis”
3 “Missus Done Her Own Bossing”
4 “She Thought She Could Find a Better Market”
5 “Wet Nurse for Sale or Hire”
6 “That ’Oman Took Delight in Sellin’ Slaves”
7 “Her Slaves Have Been Liberated and Lost to Her”
8 “A Most Unprecedented Robbery”
Epilogue: Lost Kindred, Lost Cause
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
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