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'Til death or distance do us part : marriage and the making of African America /

Most people believe that marriages were forbidden and families destroyed during the era of slavery in the United States; however, this book demonstrates that antebellum publications by African Americans for African Americans about themselves do not support these conclusions.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foster, Frances Smith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • Preface
  • ONE: Adam and Eve, Antoney and Isabella
  • TWO: Terms of Endearment
  • THREE: Practical Thoughts, Divine Mandates, and the Afro-Protestant Press
  • FOUR: Rights and Rituals
  • FIVE: Myths, Memory, and Self-Realization
  • SIX: Getting Stories Straight, Keeping Them Real
  • SEVEN: Alchemy of Personal Politics
  • EIGHT: Me, Mende, and Sankofa: An Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
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