Introduction; PART I.A City of Refuge: Emancipation in Memphis, 1862-1866; 1. City Streets and Other Public Spaces; 2. A Riot and Massacre; PART II. A State of Mobilization: Politics in Arkansas, 1865-1868; 3. The Capitol and Other Public Spheres; 4. A Constitutional Convention; PART III. A Region of Terror: Violence in the South, 1865-1876; 5. Houses, Yards, and Other Domestic Domains; 6. Testifying to Violence; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary
The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery (coded as black) and full citizenship (coded as white as well as male). These traditional definitions of race were radically disrupted after emancipation, when citizenship was granted to all persons born in the United States and suffrage was extended to all men. Hannah Rosen persuasively argues that in this critical moment of Reconstruction, contests over the future meaning of race were often fought on the terrain of gender. Sexual violence--specifically, white-on-black rape--emerged as
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-379) and index
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