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Race horse men : how slavery and freedom were made at the racetrack / Katherine C. Mooney.

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"A popular pastime across American society, horse racing was most closely identified with an elite class of southern owners who bred horses and bet large sums of money on these spirited animals. The central characters in this story are not privileged whites, however, but the black jockeys, groo...

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Main Author: Mooney, Katherine Carmines (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Horse racing > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Horse racing > United States > History > 19th century.
African American horsemen and horsewomen > History > 19th century.
African American jockeys > History > 19th century.
Southern States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
African American horsemen and horsewomen.
African American jockeys.
Horse racing.
Horse racing > Social aspects.
Race relations.
Southern States.
United States.
History.

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