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UNINA9910820177303321 |
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Autore |
Foster Frances Smith |
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Titolo |
'Til death or distance do us part : love and marriage in African America / / Frances Smith Foster |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-988697-0 |
1-282-38389-2 |
9786612383892 |
0-19-971651-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xviii, 198 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans - Marriage - History |
African Americans - Marriage customs and rites - History |
Enslaved persons - Family relationships - United States - History |
Marriage customs and rites - United States |
Marriage - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
United States Social conditions To 1865 |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Adam and Eve, Antoney and Isabella -- Terms of endearment -- Practical thoughts, divine mandates, and the Afro-Protestant Press -- Rights and rituals -- Myths, memory, and self-realization -- Getting stories straight, keeping them real -- Alchemy of personal politics -- Me, Mende, and Sankofa : an epilogue. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Most people believe that marriages were forbidden and families destroyed during the era of slavery in the United States; however, this book demonstrates that antebellum publications by African Americans for African Americans about themselves do not support these conclusions. |
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