The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925An exhaustively researched history of black families in America from the days of slavery until just after the Civil War. |
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... Adams County ( 69 percent ) , Louisiana ( 24 percent ) , other Mississippi counties ( 5 per- cent ) , other and illegible ( 2 percent ) . FEMALES Vicksburg Registrants , 2367 : Vicksburg and Warren County ( 61 percent ) , Louisiana ( 15 ...
... Adams County ( 69 percent ) , Louisiana ( 24 percent ) , other Mississippi counties ( 5 per- cent ) , other and illegible ( 2 percent ) . FEMALES Vicksburg Registrants , 2367 : Vicksburg and Warren County ( 61 percent ) , Louisiana ( 15 ...
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... Adams County census districts . Four of five women had occupations listed , and nearly nine of ten worked the land . Few married women labored as house servants : only one of four servants was married ; the rest were single or headed ...
... Adams County census districts . Four of five women had occupations listed , and nearly nine of ten worked the land . Few married women labored as house servants : only one of four servants was married ; the rest were single or headed ...
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... County or St. Helena's Island and Township blacks . Nine of ten Jones County farms were owner - operated . Most black Adams County farmers labored as sharecroppers , tenants , and farm laborers . And the Jones County farms were much ...
... County or St. Helena's Island and Township blacks . Nine of ten Jones County farms were owner - operated . Most black Adams County farmers labored as sharecroppers , tenants , and farm laborers . And the Jones County farms were much ...
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The Birthpangs of a World | 1 |
Because She Was My Cousin | 45 |
I ΙΟΙ | 101 |
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