03816nam 2200793 a 450 991081138610332120200520144314.01-282-48590-397866124859091-60473-312-8(CKB)1000000000721938(EBL)515590(OCoLC)317399351(SSID)ssj0000131572(PQKBManifestationID)11148806(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131572(PQKBWorkID)10027708(PQKB)11512764(MiAaPQ)EBC515590(OCoLC)826515756(MdBmJHUP)muse13571(Au-PeEL)EBL515590(CaPaEBR)ebr10282575(CaONFJC)MIL248562(EXLCZ)99100000000072193820070410d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCourtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina /Rebecca J. Fraser1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippic20071 online resource (148 p.)Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-934110-07-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-132) and index.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; IndexThrough an examination of various couples who were forced to live in slavery, Rebecca J. Fraser argues that slaves found ways to conduct successful courting relationships. In its focus on the processes of courtship among the enslaved, this study offers further insight into the meanings that structured intimate lives. Establishing their courtships, often across plantations, the enslaved men and women of antebellum North Carolina worked within and around the slave system to create and maintain meaningful personal relationships that were both of and apart from the world of the plantation. They clMargaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.SlavesNorth CarolinaSocial life and customs19th centuryLoveNorth CarolinaHistory19th centuryCourtshipNorth CarolinaHistory19th centurySlavesNorth CarolinaBiographyCouplesNorth CarolinaBiographyAfrican AmericansNorth CarolinaSocial life and customs19th centuryAfrican AmericansNorth CarolinaBiographyPlantation lifeNorth CarolinaHistory19th centuryNorth CarolinaSocial life and customs19th centuryNorth CarolinaBiographySlavesSocial life and customsLoveHistoryCourtshipHistorySlavesCouplesAfrican AmericansSocial life and customsAfrican AmericansPlantation lifeHistory306.73/4086250975609034Fraser Rebecca J.1978-1610402MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811386103321Courtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina3938154UNINA