Families in Crisis in the Old South : Divorce, Slavery, and the Law /

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In the antebellum South, divorce was an explosive issue. As one lawmaker put it, divorce was to be viewed as a form of "madness," and as another asserted, divorce reduced communities to the "lowest ebb of degeneracy." How was it that in this climate, the number of divorces rose s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schweninger, Loren (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wife abuse.
Slavery > Law and legislation.
Domestic relations.
Divorce > Law and legislation.
Adultery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Femmes > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Wife abuse > United States.
Adultery > United States.
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States.
Divorce > Law and legislation > United States.
Domestic relations > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The evolution of divorce laws
  • Adultery and the question of race
  • Insanity, alcoholism, abandonment, and abuse
  • Lawyers, judges, juries, and decrees
  • Married women and property
  • Slaves and owners' domestic conflicts
  • Conclusion
  • An essay on sources and methodology
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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