Family or Freedom : People of Color in the Antebellum South

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In the antebellum South, the presence of free people of color was problematic to the white population. Not only were they possible assistants to enslaved people and potential members of the labor force; their very existence undermined popular justifications for slavery. It is no surprise that, by th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: West, Emily
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc.
Slaves > Family relationships
Slavery > Law and legislation
Slavery
Free Black people.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Esclaves > Relations familiales > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Personnes noires affranchies > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Personnes noires affranchies > Relations familiales > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Free Black people > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Free Black people > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Free Black people > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Southern States
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Presumed enslaved : free people of color and the law in the Southern States
  • Free people of color and residency requests
  • "Traditional" motivations and white perspectives on voluntary enslavement
  • Free people of color and the enslaved
  • Expulsion, enslavement, and ties across the color line.

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