Bound in Wedlock
Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Military
| Author: | Tera W. Hunter | ISBN: | 9780674979246 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 24, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tera W. Hunter |
| ISBN: | 9780674979246 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 24, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Tera W. Hunter offers the first comprehensive history of African American marriage in the nineteenth century and into the Jim Crow era. She reveals the practical ways couples adopted, adapted, or rejected white Christian ideas of marriage, creatively setting their own standards for conjugal relationships under conditions of uncertainty and cruelty.
Tera W. Hunter offers the first comprehensive history of African American marriage in the nineteenth century and into the Jim Crow era. She reveals the practical ways couples adopted, adapted, or rejected white Christian ideas of marriage, creatively setting their own standards for conjugal relationships under conditions of uncertainty and cruelty.
