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Family or freedom : people of color in the antebellum South

Title
Family or freedom : people of color in the antebellum South / Emily West.
Author
West, Emily, 1971-
Publication
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2012.

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Description
233 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
New directions in southern history
Uniform Title
New directions in southern history.
Subject
  • Free Black people > Southern States > History > 19th century
  • Free Black people > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > Southern States > 19th century
  • Free Black people > Family relationships > History > Southern States > 19th century
  • Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > Southern States > 19th century
  • Enslaved persons > Family relationships > History > Southern States > 19th century
  • Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century
  • Slavery > Law and legislation > History > Southern States > 19th century
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220) and index.
Contents
Presumed enslaved : free people of color and the law in the Southern States -- Free people of color and residency requests -- "Traditional" motivations and white perspectives on voluntary enslavement -- Free people of color and the enslaved -- Expulsion, enslavement, and ties across the color line.
Call Number
Sc E 14-1599
ISBN
  • 9780813136929 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 081313692X (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780813136936 (epub)
  • 0813136938 (epub)
  • 9780813140858 (pdf)
  • 0813140854 (pdf)
LCCN
  • 2012029590
  • 40021587711
OCLC
788281960
Author
West, Emily, 1971-
Title
Family or freedom : people of color in the antebellum South / Emily West.
Imprint
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2012.
Series
New directions in southern history
New directions in southern history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220) and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40021587711
Research Call Number
Sc E 14-1599
IEC 13-4998
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