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Aviva Ben-Ur

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“Relative Property: Close-Kin Ownership In American Slave Societies”, Aviva Ben-Ur May 2015

“Relative Property: Close-Kin Ownership In American Slave Societies”, Aviva Ben-Ur

Aviva Ben-Ur

Most historians of slavery in the Americas treat masters of color who owned their own kin as an oddity, a scribal error, or as a topic to evade. Most others conclude that ruthlessly capitalistic owners reserved such behavior for slaves unrelated to them, and owned their own kin as slaves in name only, with the intention of providing protection and eventual manumission. This article considers several cases of close-kin ownership, particularly in Suriname, and explores the role of coercive economy in families emerging from enslavement, arguing that the capitalistic values of slaveholding pervaded families approaching freedom, often informing both their …

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“Mair José Benardete,” In Norman Stillman, Ed., Encyclopedia Of Jews In The Islamic World 403-404., Aviva Ben-Ur Dec 2009

“Mair José Benardete,” In Norman Stillman, Ed., Encyclopedia Of Jews In The Islamic World 403-404., Aviva Ben-Ur

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A biography of Hispanist Mair José Benardete.

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“A Bridge Of Communication: Spaniards And Ottoman Sephardic Jews In The City Of New York (1880-1950)", Aviva Ben-Ur Dec 2006

“A Bridge Of Communication: Spaniards And Ottoman Sephardic Jews In The City Of New York (1880-1950)", Aviva Ben-Ur

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“Sephardim In America,” In Stephen H. Norwood And Eunice G. Pollack, Eds., Encyclopedia Of American Jewish History, 2 Vol., Vol. 1, Pp.1-9, Aviva Ben-Ur Dec 2006

“Sephardim In America,” In Stephen H. Norwood And Eunice G. Pollack, Eds., Encyclopedia Of American Jewish History, 2 Vol., Vol. 1, Pp.1-9, Aviva Ben-Ur

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“Funny, You Don’T Look Jewish!: ‘Passing’ And The Elasticity Of Ethnic Identity Among Levantine Sephardic Immigrants In Early Twentieth Century America”, Aviva Ben-Ur Dec 2001

“Funny, You Don’T Look Jewish!: ‘Passing’ And The Elasticity Of Ethnic Identity Among Levantine Sephardic Immigrants In Early Twentieth Century America”, Aviva Ben-Ur

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“The Exceptional And The Mundane: A Biographical Portrait Of Rebecca Machado Phillips, 1746-1831”, Aviva Ben-Ur Dec 2000

“The Exceptional And The Mundane: A Biographical Portrait Of Rebecca Machado Phillips, 1746-1831”, Aviva Ben-Ur

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"The Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Press In The United States, 1910-1948", Aviva Ben-Ur Dec 1997

"The Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) Press In The United States, 1910-1948", Aviva Ben-Ur

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