Freedom's promise : ex-slave families and citizenship in the age of Emancipation / / Elizabeth Regosin
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| Autore: |
Regosin Elizabeth Ann
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| Titolo: |
Freedom's promise : ex-slave families and citizenship in the age of Emancipation / / Elizabeth Regosin
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| Pubblicazione: | Charlottesville, : University Press of Virginia, 2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/14 |
| Soggetto topico: | Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States |
| Liberty - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century | |
| African American families - History - 19th century | |
| Freed persons - United States - Social conditions | |
| Freed persons - Legal status, laws, etc - United States | |
| Citizenship - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-225) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Pension Process: A View from Both Sides -- Chapter Two: "We All Have Two Names": Surnames and Familial Identity -- Chapter Three: "According to the Custom of Slaves": Widows' Pension Claims and the Bounds of Marriage -- Chapter Four: "The Order of Civilization": Minors' Pensions, Legitimacy, and the Father-Centered Family -- Chapter Five: "My Master . . . Supported Me": Parents' Claims and the Role of the Provider -- Epilogue: The Storytellers -- Notes -- Sources Cited -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The stories told by ex-slaves, their witnesses, and the government officials who played a role in the pension process all serve to provide us with a richer understanding of life for newly emancipated African Americans. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Freedom's promise |
| ISBN: | 1-280-49044-6 |
| 9786613585677 | |
| 0-8139-2173-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820789403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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