Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb, "Race Unequals: Overseer Contracts, White Masculinities, and the Formation of Managerial Identity in the Plantation Economy" (Lexington, 2021)
Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb is the author of\xa0Race Unequals: Overseer Contracts, White Masculinities, and the Formation of Managerial Identity in the Plantation Economy,\xa0published by Lexington Books in 2021.\xa0Race Unequals\xa0takes a look at the complex relationship between enslavers and overseers in order to explore the ways in which the \u201cwhite South\u201d was not a monolithic identity, but one in which white male identity was constantly created, contested, and compromised over. By examining contracts, public law, and plantation management, McMurtry-Chubb shows how the plantation not only created one of the nation\u2019s first class of managerial people, but how this system stymied upward mobility, created and controlled social boundaries, and furthered white supremacy.\nTeri A. McMurtry-Chubb is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at the University of Illinois Chicago Law School.\nDerek Litvak is a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland\u2014College Park. His dissertation, "The Specter of Black Citizens: Race, Slavery, and Citizenship in the Early United States," examines how citizenship was used to both bolster the institution of slavery and exclude Black Americans from the body politic.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law