Masterful women : slaveholding widows from the American Revolution through the Civil War /

Many early-19th-century slaveholders considered themselves "masters" not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. This privilege was generally reserved for white males. But as many as one in ten slaveholders was a widow, and as this book demonstrates, slaveh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wood, Kirsten E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
Series:Gender & American culture.
Subjects:
1775-1865
Slaveholders > Southern States > History.
Widows > Southern States > Social conditions.
Widows > Southern States > Economic conditions.
Slavery > Southern States > History.
Widowhood > Southern States > History.
Sex role > Southern States > History.
Plantation life > Southern States > History.
Propriétaires d'esclaves > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Veuves > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Veuves > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions économiques.
Esclavage > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Veuvage > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Rôle selon le sexe > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Vie dans les plantations > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Plantation life
Race relations
Sex role
Slaveholders
Slavery
Social conditions
Widowhood
Widows > Economic conditions
Widows > Social conditions
Weduwen.
Slavenhouders.
Southern States > History > 1775-1865.
Southern States > Social conditions.
Southern States > Race relations.
États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 1775-1865.
États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales.
Southern States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The management of Negroes
  • The strongest ties that bind poor mortals
  • A very public road
  • The leading men and women
  • Worried in body and vexed in heart
  • What will become of us!

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