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Family Or Freedom
Author | : Emily West |
Publsiher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2012-10-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780813136929 |
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In the antebellum South, the presence of free people of color was problematic to the white population. Not only were they possible assistants to enslaved people and potential members of the labor force; their very existence undermined popular justifications for slavery. It is no surprise that, by the end of the Civil War, nine Southern states had enacted legal provisions for the "voluntary" enslavement of free blacks. What is surprising to modern sensibilities and perplexing to scholars is that some individuals did petition to rescind their freedom. Family or Freedom investigates the incentives for free African Americans living in the antebellum South to sacrifice their liberty for a life in bondage. Author Emily West looks at the many factors influencing these dire decisions -- from desperate poverty to the threat of expulsion -- and demonstrates that the desire for family unity was the most important consideration for African Americans who submitted to voluntary enslavement. The first study of its kind to examine the phenomenon throughout the South, this meticulously researched volume offers the most thorough exploration of this complex issue to date.
A Question of Freedom
Author | : William G. Thomas |
Publsiher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2020-11-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780300256277 |
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The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history For over seventy years and five generations, the enslaved families of Prince George’s County, Maryland, filed hundreds of suits for their freedom against a powerful circle of slaveholders, taking their cause all the way to the Supreme Court. Between 1787 and 1861, these lawsuits challenged the legitimacy of slavery in American law and put slavery on trial in the nation’s capital. Piecing together evidence once dismissed in court and buried in the archives, William Thomas tells an intricate and intensely human story of the enslaved families (the Butlers, Queens, Mahoneys, and others), their lawyers (among them a young Francis Scott Key), and the slaveholders who fought to defend slavery, beginning with the Jesuit priests who held some of the largest plantations in the nation and founded a college at Georgetown. A Question of Freedom asks us to reckon with the moral problem of slavery and its legacies in the present day.
Families and Freedom
Author | : Ira Berlin,Leslie S. Rowland |
Publsiher | : The New Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781565844407 |
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Draws on the letters and personal testimonies of freed slaves to describe the remaking of the African-American family during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras
Faith Freedom and Family
Author | : John Witte |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 812 |
Release | : 2021-07 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 3161608763 |
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Faith, freedom, and family together form the bedrock of a good life and a just society. But this foundation has suffered seismic shocks from vibrant religious pluralism, profound political changes, and new conceptions of marriage. This volume retrieves the major legal and theological teachings that have shaped these institutions and suggests ways to strengthen and integrate them anew. Part I highlights the work of several scholars of law and religion who have defined and defended the place of faith in law, politics, and society. Part II documents the development of freedom in the West and parries the attacks of skeptics of modern rights. Part III reaffirms the family as a cornerstone of faith and freedom historically and today, even while defending some modern marital reforms. Opening essays by the editors and closing interviews of the author place Witte's work in biographical and intellectual context and map some of the new frontiers and challenges of faith, freedom, and family around the globe.
The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom 1750 1925
Author | : Herbert G. Gutman |
Publsiher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 770 |
Release | : 1977-07-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780394724515 |
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An exhaustively researched history of black families in America from the days of slavery until just after the Civil War.
Freedom s Promise
Author | : Elizabeth Ann Regosin |
Publsiher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813920965 |
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Rogosin (history, St. Lawrence U.) uses the Civil War pension system as a rich source of documentation for enhanced understanding of how ex-slaves made the transition from slavery to freedom. She uses personal histories and pension narratives to show how former slaves negotiated the system, constructing and communicating their familial relationships for the bureaucracy in order to quality for the Union veteran benefits that were their entitlement. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Family Financial Freedom
Author | : Floyd Saunders |
Publsiher | : Fastpencil Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 2012-08-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1607464144 |
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You might be struggling to make ends meet, but achieving true financial freedom is still possible. The good news is virtually anyone with a desire to learn and the willingness to plan can achieve a considerable degree of financial security. This book is a road map to the personal financial freedom you want and deserve. There are no quick-rich schemes here, just common sense advice on how to manage your money, protect your family from risks and start making the moves to being more financial secure.
The American Family
Author | : David Peterson del Mar |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2011-11-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780230339668 |
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Traces the movement from mutualism to individualism in the context of American family life. Families survived or even flourished during colonization, Revolution, slavery, immigration and economic upheaval. In the past century, prosperity created a culture devoted to pleasure and individual fulfilment.