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Race Horse Men

How Slavery and Freedom Were Made at the Racetrack

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$41.00 • £35.95 • €37.95

ISBN 9780674281424

Publication Date: 05/19/2014

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336 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

12 halftones

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  • Prologue: The Loss of the Stirrup Has Won the Race
  • 1. The Glory of the Four-Mile Horse
  • 2. Knowed a Horse When He Seed Him
  • 3. A Storm Is Approaching
  • 4. These Are the Verities
  • 5. The Only Practical Means of Reunion
  • 6. I Ride to Win
  • 7. I Have Got That Nigger Beat
  • Epilogue: He Didn’t Go in No Back Doors!
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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