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ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL: THE WORLD THE SLAVES MADE by Eugene Genovese: A REVIEW ESSAY

ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL: THE WORLD THE SLAVES MADE by Eugene Genovese: A REVIEW ESSAY the first part is little more than a sketch of the relevant issues it proves an important background to the rest of the study. Central to his analysis is the development of the Afro-American community within the context of a paternalistic planter-class. This paternalism evolved as a basis of a compromise which, although it reinforced the existing relationships, enabled the slaves to gain some control over their material and cultural existence. It made possible the struggle of the slaves to maintain their sense of self and prevented the infantilization that Elkins assumed. By making survival within the system possible, it also helped to tie the slaves to their status. The planters operated within an international capitalist market and sought to reduce the slaves to ". . .an unthinking and unfeeling extension of their own will, but the slaves' own resistance to dehumanization compelled the masters to compromise in order to get an adequate level of work out of them." The slaves drew on their African heritage and forced the planters to accept pre-industrial notions of time and work. The planters were willing to compromise on this issue, as long as they were able to earn enough to support http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Radical History Review Duke University Press

ROLL, JORDAN, ROLL: THE WORLD THE SLAVES MADE by Eugene Genovese: A REVIEW ESSAY

Radical History Review , Volume 1976 (12) – Oct 1, 1976

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Duke University Press
Copyright
Copyright 1976 by MARHO: The Radical Historians' Organization, Inc.
ISSN
0163-6545
eISSN
1534-1453
DOI
10.1215/1636545-1976-12-29
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Abstract

the first part is little more than a sketch of the relevant issues it proves an important background to the rest of the study. Central to his analysis is the development of the Afro-American community within the context of a paternalistic planter-class. This paternalism evolved as a basis of a compromise which, although it reinforced the existing relationships, enabled the slaves to gain some control over their material and cultural existence. It made possible the struggle of the slaves to maintain their sense of self and prevented the infantilization that Elkins assumed. By making survival within the system possible, it also helped to tie the slaves to their status. The planters operated within an international capitalist market and sought to reduce the slaves to ". . .an unthinking and unfeeling extension of their own will, but the slaves' own resistance to dehumanization compelled the masters to compromise in order to get an adequate level of work out of them." The slaves drew on their African heritage and forced the planters to accept pre-industrial notions of time and work. The planters were willing to compromise on this issue, as long as they were able to earn enough to support

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Radical History ReviewDuke University Press

Published: Oct 1, 1976

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