Bound in wedlock : slave and free Black marriage in the nineteenth century / Tera W. Hunter.
- Hunter, Tera W.
- Date:
- 2017
- E-books
- Online
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Bound in wedlock (Online)
Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century
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Bound in Wedlock is the first comprehensive history of African American marriage in the nineteenth century. Tera W. Hunter reveals the myriad ways couples adopted, adapted, revised and rejected white Christian ideas of marriage, creatively setting their own standards for conjugal relationships under conditions of uncertainty and cruelty.-- Provided by publisher
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
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- African AmericansMarriage customs and rites19th century
- African AmericansSocial life and customs19th century
- Enslaved personsUnited StatesSocial conditions19th century
- Enslaved personsUnited StatesSocial life and customs19th century
- Free African AmericansSocial life and customs19th century
- MarriageUnited StatesHistory19th century
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- Full text available: 2017.
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- 9780674979208 (online)
- 9780674979246 (online)