Race Horse Men

How Slavery And Freedom Were Made At The Racetrack

by Katherine C. Mooney
language: english
Publisher: Harvard University Press, May of 2014 ‧
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Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America’s first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack runâ€"until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.

Race Horse Men

How Slavery And Freedom Were Made At The Racetrack

by Katherine C. Mooney

Property Description
ISBN: 9780674281424
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date: May of 2014
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of America
EAN: 9780674281424