Freedom's promise : ex-slave families and citizenship in the age of Emancipation / Elizabeth Regosin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Regosin, Elizabeth Ann.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--United States.

Enslaved persons.

Liberty--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Liberty.

African American families--History--19th century.

African American families.

Freed persons--United States--Social conditions.

Freed persons.

Freed persons--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Citizenship--United States--History--19th century.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The stories told by ex-slaves, their witnesses, and the government officials who played a role in the pension process all serve to provide us with a richer understanding of life for newly emancipated African Americans.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter One: The Pension Process: A View from Both Sides

Chapter Two: "We All Have Two Names": Surnames and Familial Identity

Chapter Three: "According to the Custom of Slaves": Widows' Pension Claims and the Bounds of Marriage

Chapter Four: "The Order of Civilization": Minors' Pensions, Legitimacy, and the Father-Centered Family

Chapter Five: "My Master . . . Supported Me": Parents' Claims and the Role of the Provider

Epilogue: The Storytellers

Notes

Sources Cited

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-225) and index.

ISBN:

9786613585677

9781280490446

1280490446

9780813921730

0813921732

OCLC:

65524486