Southern White Women Slave Owners
2020-04-25T16:49:31-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvNTlhXC8yMDIwMDQyNTE3MDE0OTAwM19oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Stephanie Jones-Rogers detailed her research into Southern white women slaveholders who, she calculates, comprised 40 percent of slave owners in some regions. The previous estimate had been 10 percent. She is the author of They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South. This video is courtesy of the National Archives.
Stephanie Jones-Rogers detailed her research into Southern white women slaveholders who, she calculates, comprised 40 percent of slave… read more
Stephanie Jones-Rogers detailed her research into Southern white women slaveholders who, she calculates, comprised 40 percent of slave owners in some regions. The previous estimate had been 10 percent. She is the author of They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South. This video is courtesy of the National Archives. close
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