That the blood stay pure : African Americans, Native Americans, and the predicament of race and identity in Virginia /
This book traces the history and legacy of the commonwealth of Virginia's effort to maintain racial purity and its impact on the relations between African Americans and Native Americans. The author tells the story of Virginia's racial purity campaign from the perspective of those who were...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2013]
©2013 |
| Series: | Blacks in the diaspora.
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| Online Access: | Full text (Emerson users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (Emmanuel users only) Full text (MCPHS users only) Access E-Book Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | This book traces the history and legacy of the commonwealth of Virginia's effort to maintain racial purity and its impact on the relations between African Americans and Native Americans. The author tells the story of Virginia's racial purity campaign from the perspective of those who were disavowed or expelled from tribal communities due to their affiliation with people of African descent or because their physical attributes linked them to those of African ancestry. The author also explores the social consequences of the racial purity ethos for tribal communities that have refused to define Indian identity based on a denial of blackness. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253010506 0253010500 1299853625 9781299853621 |