LEADER 03865nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910457124203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-988697-0 010 $a1-282-38389-2 010 $a9786612383892 010 $a0-19-971651-X 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010488 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087025 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000343720 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12099452 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000343720 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292420 035 $a(PQKB)11213034 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3053579 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3053579 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10358517 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL238389 035 $a(OCoLC)922969848 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010488 100 $a20090611d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a'Til death or distance do us part$b[electronic resource] $elove and marriage in African America /$fFrances Smith Foster 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 198 p.) 300 $aFormerly CIP.$5Uk 311 $a0-19-938970-5 311 $a0-19-532852-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aMost 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. 330 $bConventional wisdom says that marriage was rare or illegal for slaves and that if African Americans married at all, their vows were tenuous ones: "until death or distance do us part." It is believed that this history explains the dysfunction of the African American family to this day. In this groundbreaking book, Frances Smith Foster shows that this common wisdom is flawed as it is based upon partial evidence and it ignores the writings African Americans created for themselves. Rather than relying on documents produced for abolitionists, the state, or other biased parties, Foster draws upon a trove of little-examined alternative sources and in so doing offers a correction to this widely held but misinformed viewpoint. The works examined include family histories, folkloric stories, organizational records, personal memoirs, sermons and especially the fascinating and varied writings published in the Afro-Protestant Press of the times. She shows that "jumping the broom" was but one of many wedding rituals and that love, marriage and family were highly valued and central to early African American society. Her book offers a provocative new understanding of a powerful belief about African American history and sheds light on the roles of memory and myth, story and history in defining contemporary society and shaping the future. 606 $aAfrican Americans$xMarriage$xHistory 606 $aAfrican Americans$xMarriage customs and rites$xHistory 606 $aSlaves$xFamily relationships$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMarriage customs and rites$zUnited States 606 $aMarriage$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$yTo 1865 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xMarriage$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xMarriage customs and rites$xHistory. 615 0$aSlaves$xFamily relationships$xHistory. 615 0$aMarriage customs and rites 615 0$aMarriage$xMoral and ethical aspects 676 $a305.896073 700 $aFoster$b Frances Smith$0942871 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457124203321 996 $aTil death or distance do us part$92229863 997 $aUNINA