In this revelatory work William Van Deburg takes up the case of the black slave driver, examining the conflicting depictions given in histories, contemporary accounts, and narratives of fugitive slaves and ex-bondsmen. Refuting unfavorable stereotypes, he shows that the bondsmen identified not with the owner but with fellow slaves and that consequently the role of bondsman neither psychologically destroyed these men nor turned them into sadistic oppressors.
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In this revelatory work William Van Deburg takes up the case of the black slave driver, examining the conflicting depictions given in histories, contemporary accounts, and narratives of fugitive slaves and ex-bondsmen. Refuting unfavorable stereotypes, he shows that the bondsmen identified not with the owner but with fellow slaves and that consequently the role of bondsman neither psychologically destroyed these men nor turned them into sadistic oppressors.
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