'"The best man whipped and the other one took it”: Violence, honour, and solidarity in US slave communities' - Dr David Doddington

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Dr David Doddington shall explore how violence within slave communities in the US South served a social function and helped establish hierarchies among enslaved men. Historians commonly stress the solidarity of enslaved people and how codes of honour helped them collectively to resist the worst elements of enslavement. However, by examining the causes of violence within the quarters, the significance accorded to public and performative displays of power, and lingering and long-lasting concerns over personal reputation and honour, Doddington shall help illuminate the divisions and stratification that could also mark life in slave communities. 

Part of the 'Slavery and Honour in Ancient Greece' project. Funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Free and open to all.