Family or freedom : people of color in the antebellum South / Emily West.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: West, Emily, 1971-
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2012], ©2012.
Series:New directions in southern history.
Subjects:
Free Black people > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Free Black people > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Free Black people > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved persons > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Physical Description:233 pages.
Format: Book
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.