The claims of kinfolk : African American property and community in the nineteenth-century South / Dylan C. Penningroth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penningroth, Dylan C.

Series:

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Southern States--Economic conditions--19th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

African Americans--Land tenure--Southern States--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons--Southern States--Economic conditions--19th century.

Enslaved persons.

Enslaved persons--Family relationships--Southern States--History--19th century.

Property--Southern States--History--19th century.

Property.

Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Ghana--History--19th century.

Property--Ghana--History--19th century.

Southern States--Economic conditions--19th century.

Southern States.

Southern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Claims of Kinfolk: African American Property and Community in the Nineteenth-Century South

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction: Kinship and the Slaves' Economy from Slavery to Freedom; CHAPTER 1 One of the Family?: Abolition and Social Claims to Property in the Gold Coast, West Africa, 1868-1930; CHAPTER 2 Slavery's Other Economy; CHAPTER 3 Family and Property in Southern Slavery; CHAPTER 4 In and Out of Court; CHAPTER 5 Remaking Property; CHAPTER 6 Remaking Kinship and Community; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-292) and index.

ISBN:

9798890875297

9780807862131

0807862134

OCLC:

823382343