The secret life of Bacon Tait, a white slave trader married to a free woman of color:
"Historians have long discussed the interracial families of prominent slave dealers in Richmond, Virginia, and elsewhere, yet, until now, the story of slave trader Bacon Tait remained untold. Among the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Richmond, Bacon Tait embarked upon a striking and unex...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Historians have long discussed the interracial families of prominent slave dealers in Richmond, Virginia, and elsewhere, yet, until now, the story of slave trader Bacon Tait remained untold. Among the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Richmond, Bacon Tait embarked upon a striking and unexpected double life: that of a white slave trader married to a free black woman. In The Secret Life of Bacon Tait, Hank Trent tells Tait's complete story for the first time, reconstructing the hidden aspects of his strange and often paradoxical life through meticulous research in lawsuits, newspapers, deeds, and other original records. Active and ambitious in a career notorious even among slave owners for its viciousness, Bacon Tait nevertheless claimed to be married to a free woman of color, Courtney Fountain, whose extended family were involved in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. As Trent reveals, Bacon Tait maintained his domestic sphere as a loving husband and father in a mixed-race family in the North while running a successful and ruthless slave-trading business in the South. Though he possessed legal control over thousands of other black women at different times, Trent argues that Tait remained loyal to his wife, avoiding the predatory sexual practices of many slave traders. No less remarkably, Courtney Tait and their four children received the benefits of Tait's wealth while remaining close to her family of origin, many of whom spoke out against the practice of slavery and even fought in the Civil War on the side of the Union. In a fascinating display of historical detective work, Trent illuminates the worlds Bacon Tait and his family inhabited, from the complex partnerships and rivalries among slave traders to the anxieties surrounding free black populations in Courtney and Bacon Tait's adopted city of Salem, Massachusetts. Tait's double life illuminates the complex interplay of control, manipulation, love, hate, denigration, and respect among interracial families, all within the larger context of a society that revolved around the enslavement of black Americans by white traders"...Publisher description |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 220 pages 23 cm |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
DOING A GREAT DEAL OF BUSINESS
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF VERY RESPECTABLE PARENTAGE AND DEPORTMENT
FOUR DOORS BELOW THE BELL TAVERN
ANOTHER DEALER IN HUMAN FLESH AND BONES
A SPACIOUS COMFORTABLE JAIL
SUCH DIABOLICAL MISCREANTS AS BACON TAIT
I WISH IN MY SOUL I COULD FIND A GOOD WIFE
DAT DE WAY HE GIT RICH
GOOD AND WORTHY CITIZENS
HE EXPECTS TO LEAVE RICHMOND SHORTLY
THE INEXORABLE JAILOR
STATING HE WOULD DIE OF STARVATION
FIGHTING THE TIGER AND OTHER KINDRED SPORTS
EPILOGUE
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
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| spelling | Trent, Hank 1959- Verfasser (DE-588)113906522X aut The secret life of Bacon Tait, a white slave trader married to a free woman of color Hank Trent Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press [2017] © 2017 220 pages 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index "Historians have long discussed the interracial families of prominent slave dealers in Richmond, Virginia, and elsewhere, yet, until now, the story of slave trader Bacon Tait remained untold. Among the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Richmond, Bacon Tait embarked upon a striking and unexpected double life: that of a white slave trader married to a free black woman. In The Secret Life of Bacon Tait, Hank Trent tells Tait's complete story for the first time, reconstructing the hidden aspects of his strange and often paradoxical life through meticulous research in lawsuits, newspapers, deeds, and other original records. Active and ambitious in a career notorious even among slave owners for its viciousness, Bacon Tait nevertheless claimed to be married to a free woman of color, Courtney Fountain, whose extended family were involved in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. As Trent reveals, Bacon Tait maintained his domestic sphere as a loving husband and father in a mixed-race family in the North while running a successful and ruthless slave-trading business in the South. Though he possessed legal control over thousands of other black women at different times, Trent argues that Tait remained loyal to his wife, avoiding the predatory sexual practices of many slave traders. No less remarkably, Courtney Tait and their four children received the benefits of Tait's wealth while remaining close to her family of origin, many of whom spoke out against the practice of slavery and even fought in the Civil War on the side of the Union. In a fascinating display of historical detective work, Trent illuminates the worlds Bacon Tait and his family inhabited, from the complex partnerships and rivalries among slave traders to the anxieties surrounding free black populations in Courtney and Bacon Tait's adopted city of Salem, Massachusetts. Tait's double life illuminates the complex interplay of control, manipulation, love, hate, denigration, and respect among interracial families, all within the larger context of a society that revolved around the enslavement of black Americans by white traders"...Publisher description Tait, Bacon 1796-1871 Fountain, Courtney Geschichte 1800-1900 Geschichte 1796-1871 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte Gesellschaft Sklaverei Slave traders Virginia Richmond Biography Men, White Virginia Richmond Biography Interracial marriage Virginia Richmond History 19th century Free African Americans Virginia Richmond Biography Slavery Social aspects United States History 19th century Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd rswk-swf Sklavenhandel (DE-588)4198287-3 gnd rswk-swf Ehefrau (DE-588)4013634-6 gnd rswk-swf Ehemann (DE-588)4070668-0 gnd rswk-swf Weiße (DE-588)4132038-4 gnd rswk-swf USA Richmond (Va.) Biography Richmond (Va.) Race relations History 19th century Salem (Mass.) Race relations History 19th century Virginia (DE-588)4063592-2 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Virginia (DE-588)4063592-2 g Sklavenhandel (DE-588)4198287-3 s Weiße (DE-588)4132038-4 s Ehemann (DE-588)4070668-0 s Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 s Ehefrau (DE-588)4013634-6 s DE-604 Geschichte 1796-1871 z Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe (pdf) 978-0-8071-6522-5 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe (epub) 978-0-8071-6523-2 LoC Fremddatenuebernahme application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=029839394&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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| title | The secret life of Bacon Tait, a white slave trader married to a free woman of color |
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| title_full | The secret life of Bacon Tait, a white slave trader married to a free woman of color Hank Trent |
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| topic | Tait, Bacon 1796-1871 Fountain, Courtney Geschichte Gesellschaft Sklaverei Slave traders Virginia Richmond Biography Men, White Virginia Richmond Biography Interracial marriage Virginia Richmond History 19th century Free African Americans Virginia Richmond Biography Slavery Social aspects United States History 19th century Schwarze (DE-588)4116433-7 gnd Sklavenhandel (DE-588)4198287-3 gnd Ehefrau (DE-588)4013634-6 gnd Ehemann (DE-588)4070668-0 gnd Weiße (DE-588)4132038-4 gnd |
| topic_facet | Tait, Bacon 1796-1871 Fountain, Courtney Geschichte Gesellschaft Sklaverei Slave traders Virginia Richmond Biography Men, White Virginia Richmond Biography Interracial marriage Virginia Richmond History 19th century Free African Americans Virginia Richmond Biography Slavery Social aspects United States History 19th century Schwarze Sklavenhandel Ehefrau Ehemann Weiße USA Richmond (Va.) Biography Richmond (Va.) Race relations History 19th century Salem (Mass.) Race relations History 19th century Virginia Biografie |
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