LEADER 03859nam 2200781 a 450 001 9910782838803321 005 20230328224741.0 010 $a1-282-48590-3 010 $a9786612485909 010 $a1-60473-312-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000721938 035 $a(EBL)515590 035 $a(OCoLC)317399351 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000131572 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11148806 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131572 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10027708 035 $a(PQKB)11512764 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515590 035 $a(OCoLC)826515756 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13571 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515590 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10282575 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL248562 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000721938 100 $a20070410d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCourtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina$b[electronic resource] /$fRebecca J. Fraser 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (148 p.) 225 1 $aMargaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-934110-07-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 123-132) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThrough an examination of various couples who were forced to live in slavery, Rebecca J. Fraser argues that slaves found ways to conduct successful courting relationships. In its focus on the processes of courtship among the enslaved, this study offers further insight into the meanings that structured intimate lives. Establishing their courtships, often across plantations, the enslaved men and women of antebellum North Carolina worked within and around the slave system to create and maintain meaningful personal relationships that were both of and apart from the world of the plantation. They cl 410 0$aMargaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies. 606 $aEnslaved persons$zNorth Carolina$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 606 $aLove$zNorth Carolina$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aCourtship$zNorth Carolina$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEnslaved persons$zNorth Carolina$vBiography 606 $aCouples$zNorth Carolina$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$zNorth Carolina$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zNorth Carolina$vBiography 606 $aPlantation life$zNorth Carolina$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aNorth Carolina$xSocial life and customs$y19th century 607 $aNorth Carolina$vBiography 615 0$aEnslaved persons$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aLove$xHistory 615 0$aCourtship$xHistory 615 0$aEnslaved persons 615 0$aCouples 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xSocial life and customs 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 0$aPlantation life$xHistory 676 $a306.73/4086250975609034 700 $aFraser$b Rebecca J.$f1978-$01540540 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782838803321 996 $aCourtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina$93792261 997 $aUNINA