Notorious in the Neighborhood Sex and Families Across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861

Name: Notorious in the Neighborhood Sex and Families Across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861
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ISBN: 9780807854402

ISBN-10: 0807854409

ISBN-13: 9780807854402

Edition: 2003

Authors: Joshua D. Rothman

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Laws and cultural norms militated against interracial sex in Virginia before the Civil War, and yet it was ubiquitous in cities, towns, and plantation communities throughout the state. InNotorious in the Neighborhood, Joshua Rothman examines the full spectrum of interracial sexual relationships under slavery--from Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and the intertwined interracial families of Monticello and Charlottesville to commercial sex in Richmond, the routinized sexual exploitation of enslaved women, and adultery across the color line. He explores the complex considerations of legal and judicial authorities who handled cases involving illicit sex and describes how the customary…

Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 3/31/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Interlude: Stories Told about Monticello



Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, James Callender, and Sex across the Color Line under Slavery


Interlude: The Community of Mary Hemings



Notorious in the Neighborhood: An Interracial Family in Early National and Antebellum Virginia


Interlude: The Funeral of David Isaacs



The Church and the Brothel Are Only Separated by a Pane of Glass: Sex and Race on the Streets of Richmond


Interlude: The Context for Lawmaking



The Strongest Passion That Can Possibly Aggitate the Human Mind: Sexual Violence, Slave Crime, Law, and the White Community


Interlude: The Fate of Lucy Bowman



To Be Freed from Thate Curs and Let at Liberty: Interracial Adultery and Divorce


Interlude: The Mysteries of William Carlton



Let There Be but Two Races among Us: Mixed Bloods in Early National and Antebellum Law and Society


Interlude: Toward a New Racial Order


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index