Claiming Union Widowhood : race, respectability, and poverty in the post-emancipation South / / Brandi Clay Brimmer

• Autore: Brimmer Brandi Clay <1973->
• Pubblicazione: Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 973.7469
• Soggetto topico: Military pensions - United States - Civil War, 1861-1865; Military pensions - North Carolina; Widows - North Carolina - History - 19th century; African American women - North Carolina - History - 19th century; Women's rights - United States - History - 19th century; Racism - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pensions
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A People and a Place -- Black Life and Labor in New Bern, North Carolina, 1850- -- The Black Community in New Bern, 1865-1920 -- Encountering the State -- Her Claim Is Lawful and Just: Black Women's Petitions for Survivors' Benefits -- Black Women, Claims Agents, and the Pension Network -- Encounters with the State: Black Women and Special Examiners -- Marriage and the Expansion of the Pension System in Black Women and Suspensions for "Open and Notorious Cohabitation" -- The Personal Consequences of Union Widowhood
• Sommario/riassunto: "Brandi Clay Brimmer analyzes the US pension system from the perspective of poor black women in the period before, during, and after the Civil War outlines the struggles of mothers, wives, and widows of black Union soldiers to claim rights in the face of unjust legislation."--
• ISBN: 1-4780-9040-5; 1-4780-1025-8; 1-4780-1283-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910831840803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II