Courtship and Love among the Enslaved in North Carolina

Name: Courtship and Love among the Enslaved in North Carolina
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ISBN: 9781617030383

ISBN-10: 1617030384

ISBN-13: 9781617030383

Edition: 2007

Authors: Rebecca J. Fraser

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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 claimed the right to participate in the social events of courtship and, in the process, challenged and…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication date: 1/21/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 148
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long
Weight: 0.770