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Autore |
Fraser Rebecca J. <1978-> |
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Titolo |
Courtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina / / Rebecca J. Fraser |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-48590-3 |
9786612485909 |
1-60473-312-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (148 p.) |
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Collana |
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Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slaves - North Carolina - Social life and customs - 19th century |
Love - North Carolina - History - 19th century |
Courtship - North Carolina - History - 19th century |
Slaves - North Carolina |
Couples - North Carolina |
African Americans - North Carolina - Social life and customs - 19th century |
African Americans - North Carolina |
Plantation life - North Carolina - History - 19th century |
North Carolina Social life and customs 19th century |
North Carolina Biography |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-132) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 "Love Seems with Them More to be an Eager Desire": Racialized Stereotypes in the Slaveholding South; 2 Asking Master Mack to Court: Competing Spheres of Influence; 3 Getting Out to Play and Courting All They Pleased: The Social and Temporal Geographies of Enslaved Courtship; 4 Taking a Whipping for Lily: Courtship as a Narrative of Resistance; 5 A Red Satin Ribbon Tied around My Finger: The Meaning of the Wedding Ceremony; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Through an examination of various couples who were forced to live in slavery, Rebecca J. Fraser argues that slaves found ways to conduct |
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