Courtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina

The Resource Courtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina

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Courtship and love among the enslaved in North Carolina

Statement of responsibility

Rebecca J. Fraser

Language

eng

Summary

Through an examination of various couples who were forced to live in slavery, Rebecca J. Fraser argues that slaves found ways to conduct successful courting relationships. In its focus on the processes of courtship among the enslaved, this study offers further insight into the meanings that structured intimate lives. Establishing their courtships, often across plantations, the enslaved men and women of antebellum North Carolina worked within and around the slave system to create and maintain meaningful personal relationships that were both of and apart from the world of the plantation. They cl

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

306.73/4086250975609034

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maps

Index

index present

LC call number

E445.N8

LC item number

F73 2007eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

Series statement

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies

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