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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Brenda E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Virginia--Loudoun County--History--19th century.

Families.

Slavery--Virginia--Loudoun County--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Loudoun County (Va.)--Social conditions.

Loudoun County (Va.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (490 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Life in the old South has always fascinated Americans--whether in the mythical portrayals of the planter elite from fiction such as Gone With the Wind or in historical studies that look inside the slave cabin. Now Brenda E. Stevenson presents a reality far more gripping than popular legend, even as she challenges the conventional wisdom of academic historians. Life in Black and White provides a panoramic portrait of family and community life in and around Loudoun County, Virginia--weaving the fascinating personal stories of planters and slaves, of free blacks and poor-to-middling whites, into

Contents:

Contents; 1. The White Community: Patterns of Settlement, Development, and Conflict; 2. Gender Convention and Courtship; 3. Marriage, for Better or for Worse; 4. Parenting; 5. Broken Vows and ""Notorious"" Endings: Divorce; 6. The Nature of Loudoun Slavery; 7. Slave Family Structure; 8. Slave Marriage and Family Relations; 9. Free Blacks; 10. Free Black Family and Household Economy; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-992364-7

0-19-802556-4

1-60256-252-0

0-19-511803-0

1-280-47103-4

1-4237-3899-3

OCLC:

475956032