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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 |
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