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Author Stevenson, Brenda E.

Title Life in black and white : family and community in the slave South / Brenda E. Stevenson.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.809755 S847L    Check Shelf
Description xv, 457 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents pt. 1. Marriage, family, and the Loudoun white community -- The white community : patterns of settlement, development, and conflict -- Gender convention and courtship -- Marriage, for better or for worse -- Parenting -- Broken vows and "notorious" endings : divorce -- pt. 2. Black life, family, and community -- The nature of Loudoun slavery -- Slave family structure -- Slave marriage and family relations -- Free blacks -- Free black family and household economy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-439) and index.
Subject Families -- Virginia -- Loudon County -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Virginia -- Loudon County -- History -- 19th century.
Loudoun County (Va.) -- Social conditions.
ISBN 0195095367
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