ities. The jealousy and hatred many white women harbored for the slave women to whom their husbands were attached were a legend within the Old South (Clinton, pg. 19). White women uniformly scorned black women's physical appearance. Complaining about the "unattractiveness" of black women was an unconscious defense mechanism against the "attraction" many white men acted upon within southern society. Travelers, observers, court records, and slave narratives all testify to the hostility many white women felt toward black concubines. They felt as if they were at the mercy of white men (Clinton pg. 19). Some of the pl
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