The Fight for Interracial Marriage Rights in Antebellum Massachusetts / Amber D. Moulton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moulton, Amber D., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interracial marriage--Massachusetts--History--18th century.

Interracial marriage.

Interracial marriage--Massachusetts--History--19th century.

Interracial marriage--Law and legislation--Massachusetts--History--18th century.

Interracial marriage--Law and legislation--Massachusetts--History--19th century.

Massachusetts--Race relations--History--18th century.

Massachusetts.

Massachusetts--Race relations--History--19th century.

Massachusetts--History--1775-1865.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though Massachusetts banned slavery in 1780, prior to the Civil War a law prohibiting marriage between whites and blacks reinforced the state’s racial caste system. Amber Moulton recreates an unlikely collaboration of reformers who sought to rectify what they saw as an indefensible injustice, leading to the legalization of interracial marriage.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Amalgamation and the Massachusetts Ban on Interracial Marriage

2. Interracial Marriage as an Equal Rights Measure

3. Moral Reform and the Protection of Northern Motherhood

4. Anti- Southern Politics and Interracial Marriage Rights

5. Advancing Interracialism

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

9780674286252

0674286251

9780674286238

0674286235

OCLC:

906026009