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  2. Antebellum South - Wikipedia

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    The Antebellum South era (from Latin: ante bellum, lit. 'before the war') was a period in the history of the Southern United States that extended from the conclusion of the War of 1812 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861. This era was marked by the prevalent practice of slavery and the associated societal norms it cultivated. Over ...

  3. Passing (racial identity) - Wikipedia

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    Frank J. Webb's 1857 novel The Garies and Their Friends, explores the choices in the racist antebellum North (Philadelphia) of three mixed-race characters who can pass for white: George Winston, who opts to leave the United States rather than be subjected to discriminatory laws; Emily Garie, who marries into the coloured society that she ...

  4. Antebellum (film) - Wikipedia

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    Antebellum is a 2020 American black horror thriller film [3] [4] written and directed by Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz in their feature directorial debuts. The film stars Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons and Gabourey Sidibe, and follows a 21st-century African-American woman who wakes to find herself mysteriously in a Southern slave plantation from which ...

  5. 'Antebellum': Stars discuss racism and horror cinema - AOL

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    Tongayi Chirisa, Jena Malone and Jack Huston discuss the intense horror 'Antebellum', starring Janelle Monae.

  6. Lady Antebellum Changes Its Name Amid Protests - AOL

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    Meaning "before the war" in Latin, the term is now most commonly associated with the "plantation era" or Antebellum South period, when millions of Black people were enslaved in the U.S.

  7. Feminism and racism - Wikipedia

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    In Antebellum and Postbellum American feminism, which was very much influenced by the Enlightenment and contemporary politics, there was a growing sentiment that women, as well as enslaved people, deserved the same inalienable Enlightenment rights as men of that period. [20]

  8. Mammy stereotype - Wikipedia

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    Mammy figurines in the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia. Mammy imagery can be found in the form of several objects including dolls, ceramics, cookie jars, salt and pepper shakers, and other household items. The mammy caricature was part of post Civil War propaganda that spread negative and false stereotypes about African Americans.

  9. George Fitzhugh - Wikipedia

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    George Fitzhugh (November 4, 1806 – July 30, 1881) was an American social theorist who published racial and slavery-based social theories in the antebellum era.He argued that the negro was "but a grown up child" [2] [3] needing the economic and social protections of slavery.