Title The African-American family in slavery and emancipation / Wilma A. Dunaway

Published New York : Maison des Sciences de l'homme/Cambridge University Press, 2010

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MELB	306.3620973 Dun/Aaf		DUE 17-05-23

Description xi, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Series Studies in modern capitalism Contents Slave trading and forced labor migrations -- Family diasporas and parenthood lost -- Malnutrition, ecological risks, and slave mortality -- Reproductive exploitation and child mortality -- Slave household subsistence and women's work -- The impacts of Civil War on slave families -- The risks of emancipation for black families -- Reconstruction threats to black family survival -- Theoretical reprise Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-352) and index Notes Digital reprint. Originally published: 2003 Subject Slavery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History African American families -- History Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States Freed persons -- United States -- Social conditions African Americans -- Social conditions African American families -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History Slaves -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions Slaves -- United States Slaves -- Emancipation African American families Slaves enslaved people. African American families. African Americans -- Social conditions. Freed persons -- Social conditions. Race relations. Slavery -- Social aspects. Slaves -- Emancipation. Slaves -- Social conditions. Social conditions. Sklaverei Soziale Situation Abschaffung Negers. Gezin. Slavernij. Vrijlating. SUBJECT Appalachian Region, Southern -- Race relations Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions Appalachian Region, Southern Subject Southern Appalachian Region. United States. USA. Schwarze. Genre/Form History. ISBN 0521812763 9780521812764 0521012163 9780521012164

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