{"product_id":"the-mark-of-slavery-jenifer-l-barclay-9780252085703","title":"The Mark of Slavery: Disability, Race, and Gender in Antebellum America Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eExploring the disability history of slavery\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Time and again, antebellum Americans justified slavery and white supremacy by linking blackness to disability, defectiveness, and dependency. Jenifer L. Barclay examines the ubiquitous narratives that depicted black people with disabilities as pitiable, monstrous, or comical, narratives used not only to defend slavery but argue against it. As she shows, this relationship between ableism and racism impacted racial identities during the antebellum period and played an overlooked role in shaping American history afterward. Barclay also illuminates the everyday lives of the ten percent of enslaved people who lived with disabilities. Devalued by slaveholders as unsound and therefore worthless, these individuals nonetheless carved out an unusual autonomy. Their roles as caregivers, healers, and keepers of memory made them esteemed within their own communities and celebrated figures in song and folklore. \u003cp\u003ePrescient in its analysis and rich in detail, \u003ci\u003eThe Mark of Slavery\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful addition to the intertwined histories of disability, slavery, and race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jenifer L. Barclay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252085701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252085703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022","brand":"Jenifer L. Barclay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048247488767,"sku":"9780252085703","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4fe09ec-357f-4be6-9c01-6406c1378d13.jpg?v=1684994721","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mark-of-slavery-jenifer-l-barclay-9780252085703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}