Research Catalog

Title

Family or freedom [electronic resource] : people of color in the antebellum South / Emily West.

Author

West, Emily, 1971-

Publication

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2012.

Details

Description

1 online resource (233 p.)

Series Statement

New directions in southern history

Uniform Title

Family or freedom (Online)

Alternative Title

Family or freedom (Online)

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 and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2012029590

OCLC

ssj0000827114

Author

West, Emily, 1971-

Title

Family or freedom [electronic resource] : people of color in the antebellum South / Emily West.

Imprint

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2012.

Series

New directions in southern history

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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