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...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2004.
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Series: | Gender & American culture.
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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!