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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... marriage in 1866 almost surely lived in densely black areas and worked the land as field hands or common laborers . Long- lasting marriages had existed among them just as long - lasting slave marriages were found among Mississippi ...
... marriage in 1866 almost surely lived in densely black areas and worked the land as field hands or common laborers . Long- lasting marriages had existed among them just as long - lasting slave marriages were found among Mississippi ...
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... slaves , including plantation field hands , had lived in long marriages , that record told little about how the decisions of slaveowners affected slave marriages . Testi- mony detailing how frequently sale had disrupted their marriages ...
... slaves , including plantation field hands , had lived in long marriages , that record told little about how the decisions of slaveowners affected slave marriages . Testi- mony detailing how frequently sale had disrupted their marriages ...
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... slave marriages regis- tered in different counties by Virginia and North Carolina ex - slaves in 1866 to the maximum number of possible 1860 slave marriages . A simple procedure , such a comparison exaggerates the number of actual 1860 ...
... slave marriages regis- tered in different counties by Virginia and North Carolina ex - slaves in 1866 to the maximum number of possible 1860 slave marriages . A simple procedure , such a comparison exaggerates the number of actual 1860 ...
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The Birthpangs of a World | 1 |
Because She Was My Cousin | 45 |
I ΙΟΙ | 101 |
Copyright | |
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