White Slaves, African Masters

This article introduces narratives by American captives during and after the Barbary Wars (1801-1805, 1815). Set against a background of American imperial pursuits, the accounts reveal the hypocrisy and double-standards common among early Americans (who accepted black slavery in America but reacted...

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Главный автор: Baepler, Paul Michel (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Sage Publ. 2003
В: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Год: 2003, Том: 588, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 90-104
Другие ключевые слова:B Barbary captivity
B Slavery
B eighteenth-and nineteenth-century America
B Narratives
B North African history
B Race
B Stereotypes
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Итог:This article introduces narratives by American captives during and after the Barbary Wars (1801-1805, 1815). Set against a background of American imperial pursuits, the accounts reveal the hypocrisy and double-standards common among early Americans (who accepted black slavery in America but reacted strongly against the idea of white slaves in the custody of the North African Muslims). The accounts were largely works of fiction, but were accepted as fact. Arabs are presented as bizarre, gruesome, and primitive. The stories were sold by the thousands, so members of almost every household were exposed to these negative portrayals.
ISSN:1552-3349
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: American Academy of Political and Social Science, The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0002716203588001007