The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925This comprehensively researched study of the black family in America argues that blacks survived slavery with remarkable strength and solidarity and took on freedom with previously uncredited courage and integrity |
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The Louisiana infant James Cornelius, his mother, and his brother were sold to
the Mississippi white Samuel Sandell, and Cornelius said, "I never remembered
seeing pappy again; doan know why I am not called Jim Sandell, but mammy
said ...
The Louisiana infant James Cornelius, his mother, and his brother were sold to
the Mississippi white Samuel Sandell, and Cornelius said, "I never remembered
seeing pappy again; doan know why I am not called Jim Sandell, but mammy
said ...
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Isaac Adams's Louisiana mother was sold to Sarah McGee by Addison Hilliard
just before his birth. He called himself Adams: "When my pappy was born, his
parents belonged to a Mr. Adams so he took Adams for his last name, and I did
too, ...
Isaac Adams's Louisiana mother was sold to Sarah McGee by Addison Hilliard
just before his birth. He called himself Adams: "When my pappy was born, his
parents belonged to a Mr. Adams so he took Adams for his last name, and I did
too, ...
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names therefore probably had never been sold. It follows that slaves sold prior to
1783 who did not flee to the British often retained the family names of earlier
owners and carried them forward in time. Let us assume that Daniel Payne had
not ...
names therefore probably had never been sold. It follows that slaves sold prior to
1783 who did not flee to the British often retained the family names of earlier
owners and carried them forward in time. Let us assume that Daniel Payne had
not ...
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Contents
The Birthpangs of a World | 4 |
Send Me Some of the Childrens Hair | 15 |
Because She Was My Cousin | 45 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925 Volume 451 of Vintage books |
| Author | Herbert George Gutman |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1977 |
| ISBN | 0394724518, 9780394724515 |
| Length | 664 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies |
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