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Country of the cursed and the driven : slavery and the Texas borderlands / Paul Barba.

Author/creator	Barba, Paul
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2021]
Description	xv, 452 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Slavery--Texas --18th century. Slavery--Texas --19th century. Slave trade--Texas --18th century. Slave trade--Texas --19th century. Enslaved persons--Violence against --Texas --18th century. Enslaved persons--Violence against --Texas --19th century. Hate crimes--Texas --18th century. Hate crimes--Texas --19th century. Esclaves--Commerce --Texas --19e siècle. Esclaves--Violence envers --Texas --19e siècle. Crimes haineux--Texas --19e siècle. Texas--History --18th century. Texas--History --19th century.

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Series	Borderlands and transcultural studies Borderlands and transcultural studies.
Contents	Introduction. "Cursed and Driven, Traded, as Slaves... O, What a Country" -- Part I: Slave Raiders and their Cycles of Violence, 1500s-1760s -- 1. "Obliged to Punish and Conquer These Indians": Slavery and the Hispanic Path to Colonization in Texas, pre-1717 -- 2. "Blinded by the Craving for Slaves": Slavery and the Quest for Spanish Dominion in Native Country, 1718-1760 -- 3. "Reduced to Peace ... by the Attacks of the Comanches": Slavery and the Comanche Emergence in the Texas Borderlands, 1706-1767 -- Part II: Strange and Violent Bedfellows, 1760s-1836 -- 4. "Companions on Campaign": The Spanish-Comanche Battle for Texas, 1760s-1820 -- 5. "Honest People ... from Hell Itself": Anglo-American Colonization and the Rise of Chattel Slavery in Texas, 1800-1836 -- Part III: Violent Confluences in the Age of Anglo-Slaving Supremacy, 1836-1860 -- 6. "De Overseer Shakes a Blacksnake Whip over Me": Consolidating an Anti-Black Colonial Regime, 1836-1860 -- 7. "They Should Have Been Entirely Destroyed": Comanche Raiding, Slaving, and Trading in the Age of Anglo Colonial Ascendance, 1836-1860 -- Epilogue. "A Malady without Cure".
Abstract	A sweeping, comparative analysis of the slaving regimes of Hispanic, Comanche, and Anglo American communities in the Texas borderlands during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-433) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2021936392
ISBN	1496208358 (hardcover)
ISBN	9781496208354 (hardcover)
Other class#	U5002 T475 .0015 -2021

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