Title Colonial complexions : race and bodies in eighteenth-century America / Sharon Block

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (217 pages) Series Early American studies Early American studies. Contents Introduction; Chapter 1. Complicating Humors and Rethinking Complexion; Chapter 2. Shaping Bodies in Print: Labor and Health; Chapter 3. Coloring Bodies: Naturalized Incompatibilities; Chapter 4. Categorizing Bodies: Race, Place, and the Pursuit of Freedom; Chapter 5. Written by and on the Body: Racialization of Affects and Effects; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Advertisements for Runaways: Sources and Methodology; Appendix 2. Graphic Overview of Advertisements for Runaways; Appendix 3. Newspapers with Advertisements for Runaways (1750-75) Summary How did descriptions of individuals' appearance reinforce emergent categories of race? In Colonial Complexions, more than 4000 advertisements for runaway slaves and servants reveal how colonists transformed seemingly observable characteristics into racist reality Analysis African Studies African-American Studies American History American Studies Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 4, 2018) Subject Race awareness -- United States -- History -- 18th century Racism -- United States -- History -- 18th century Human skin color -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century Human body and language -- United States -- History -- 18th century Advertising, Newspaper -- United States -- History -- 18th century Missing persons -- United States -- History -- 18th century Fugitive slaves -- United States -- History -- 18th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. HISTORY -- United States -- Colonial Period (1600-1775) Advertising, Newspaper Fugitive slaves Human body and language Human skin color -- Social aspects Missing persons Race awareness Race relations Racism SUBJECT United States -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780812294934 0812294939

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