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Freedom's promise : ex-slave families and citizenship in the Age of Emancipation /
"William and Alice's [Timmons] plea on behalf of personal and familial identity reflects broad social and historical issues that frame this study of family in the transition from slavery to freedom in the United States. Emancipation and the citizenship that followed conferred upon former s...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Charlottesville :
University Press of Virginia,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.