Free Men in an Age of Servitude : Three Generations of a Black Family /

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Freedom did not solve the problems of the Proctor family. Nor did money, recognition, or powerful supporters. As free blacks in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, three generations of Proctor men were permanently handicapped by the social structures of their time and their place. They subsc...

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Main Author: Warner, Lee H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 1992.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Proctor family.
Race relations.
African American men.
African American families.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Hommes noirs americains > Floride > Biographies.
Familles noires americaines > Floride > Histoire.
African American men > Florida > Biography.
African American families > Florida > History.
Florida.
Floride > Biographies.
Floride > Relations raciales.
Florida > Biography.
Florida > Race relations.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Freedom did not solve the problems of the Proctor family. Nor did money, recognition, or powerful supporters. As free blacks in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, three generations of Proctor men were permanently handicapped by the social structures of their time and their place. They subscribed to the Western, middle-class value system that taught that hard work, personal rectitude, and maintenance of family life would lead to happiness and prosperity. But for them it did not -- no matter how hard they worked, how clever their plans, or how powerful their white patrons. The eldest, An.
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages).
ISBN:9780813164861

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