Power in Antebellum Slave Societies

Lectures in History

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History, Politics, News

4.1 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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University of Maryland professor Christopher Bonner taught a class about the concept of “power” in antebellum slave societies. He explored the different ways owners and enslaved people exerted or expressed their will and looks at how these dynamics played out in the context of individual plantations. He also discussed how the invention of the cotton gin and resulting expansion of both slavery and the cotton industry impacted the relationship between owners and the enslaved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.7	This week, University of Maryland professor Christopher Bonner teaches a class about the concept of power in antebellum slave societies.
1:15.6	So I want to go ahead and get into it. Good morning, folks. Welcome back. It's good to see you all here today.
1:20.6	What we're going to do is think through some big questions about power dynamics in American slave societies today.
1:30.3	So part of this is like a building on what we talked about last Thursday. Last Thursday we talked about Gabriel's conspiracy,
1:36.3	Richmond, 1800, and we talked in particular about the ways Gabriel's story reflects the complexity of slavery.
1:42.3	Slavery was a relationship between individuals, a person owned another person, and so as
1:47.0	an experienced, slavery was endlessly complex.
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