Public Lecture by Dr David Doddington (Cardiff University)
Meadows Lecture Theatre, 10 May 2019, 17:15-18:30
'The best man whipped and the other one took it': violence, honour, and solidarity in US slave communities
Historians commonly stress the solidarity of enslaved people and how
codes of honour helped them collectively to resist the worst elements of
enslavement. However, 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, underscores the divisions and stratification that
could also mark life in slave communities.
This is the first public lecture of the comparative 'Slavery
and Honour in the Ancient Greek World' project, funded by the Royal
Society of Edinburgh