Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth Century America by Saidiya Hartman

Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth Century America

Saidiya Hartman

560 pages • first pub 1997 (view editions)

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In this radical re-evaluation of American history, Saidiya Hartman draws together a striking portrait of nineteenth-century slavery and its many afterlives. Through close examination of a variety of 'scenes', ranging from the auction block and the...

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