03115nam 2200757Ia 450 991045190350332120200520144314.00-8078-6377-7(CKB)1000000000452669(EBL)413452(OCoLC)70749854(SSID)ssj0000198671(PQKBManifestationID)11172332(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198671(PQKBWorkID)10183512(PQKB)11787986(MiAaPQ)EBC413452(Au-PeEL)EBL413452(CaPaEBR)ebr10075645(CaONFJC)MIL930330(OCoLC)559488093(EXLCZ)99100000000045266920031113d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMasterful women[electronic resource] slaveholding widows from the American Revolution through the Civil War /Kirsten E. WoodChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20041 online resource (302 p.)Gender and American cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5528-6 0-8078-2859-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-266) and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Broken Reeds; 2. The Management of Negroes; 3. The Strongest Ties That Bind Poor Mortals; 4. A Very Public Road; 5. The Leading Men and Women; 6. Worried in Body and Vexed in Heart; 7. What Will Become of Us!; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Many early-19th-century slaveholders considered themselves "masters" not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. This privilege was generally reserved for white males. But as many as one in ten slaveholders was a widow, and as this book demonstrates, slaveholding widows developed their own version of mastery.Gender & American culture.SlaveholdersSouthern StatesHistoryWidowsSouthern StatesSocial conditionsWidowsSouthern StatesEconomic conditionsSlaverySouthern StatesHistoryWidowhoodSouthern StatesHistorySex roleSouthern StatesHistoryPlantation lifeSouthern StatesHistorySouthern StatesHistory1775-1865Southern StatesSocial conditionsSouthern StatesRace relationsElectronic books.SlaveholdersHistory.WidowsSocial conditions.WidowsEconomic conditions.SlaveryHistory.WidowhoodHistory.Sex roleHistory.Plantation lifeHistory.975/.03/08621Wood Kirsten E882691MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451903503321Masterful women1971825UNINA