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Myne Owne Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676 - Softcover

Breen, T. H.; Innes, Stephen

 
9780195175370: Myne Owne Ground: Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore, 1640-1676
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0195175379 ISBN 13: 9780195175370
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 2004

Synopsis

First printed twenty-five years ago, this book has challenged readers to rethink much of what is taken for granted about American race relations.

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Review

This fascinating account proves that for a couple of generations in seventeenth-century Virginia the two races lived fairly comfortably side by side....It is an extraordinary and convincing story. (The New York Review of Books)

[Breen and Innes] have pieced together sufficient details relating to the lives of some of these blacks to establish firstly that skin colour was not originally an absolute impediment to social advancement, and secondly that the white immigrant population on Virginia's eastern shore were not averse to accepting as social equals blacks who had recently purchased their freedom from slavery. (The Historical Journal)

A thorough exploitation of available sources coupled with a sophisticated understanding of the difficult issues confronting those trying to unravel the complexities of early American race relations....[Breen and Innes] have reminded us of forgotten alternatives in this society's racial odyssey. (The Journal of Southern History)

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Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195175379
ISBN 13 
9780195175370
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
176