[PDF.78pg] Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century

Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century

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 | #41914 in Books |  BELKNAP |  2017-05-08 | Original language:English |  9.40 x1.20 x6.40l, | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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|| |In this extraordinary book, Tera Hunter builds on vast research to discern the resilient marriage forms that African Americans devised during the nineteenth century to cope with the havoc of bondage, the fleeting promise of emancipation, and the fresh compulsi

Americans have long viewed marriage between a white man and a white woman as a sacred union. But marriages between African Americans have seldom been treated with the same reverence. This discriminatory legacy traces back to centuries of slavery, when the overwhelming majority of black married couples were bound in servitude as well as wedlock. Though their unions were not legally recognized, slaves commonly married, fully aware that their marital bonds would be susta...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century   |  Tera W. Hunter.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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