![]() | Race Horse Men Subjects: Horse racing -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Horse racing -- United States -- History -- 19th century; African American horsemen and horsewomen -- United States -- History -- 19th century; African American jockeys -- History; Race Horse Men recaptures the vivid sights, sensations, and illusions of nineteenth-century thoroughbred racing, America's first mass spectator sport. Inviting readers into the pageantry of the racetrack, Katherine C. Mooney conveys the sport's inherent drama while also revealing the significant intersections between horse racing and another quintessential institution of the antebellum South: slavery. Mooney Katherine C. : Katherine C. Mooney is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University. |
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