'Til death or distance do us part [electronic resource] : love and marriage in African America / Frances Smith Foster.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foster, Frances Smith
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
African Americans > Marriage > History.
African Americans > Marriage customs and rites > History.
Enslaved persons > Family relationships > United States > History.
Marriage customs and rites > United States.
Marriage > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
United States > Social conditions > To 1865.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2010 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2010 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2010 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Until death or distance do us part
'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part: Marriage and the Making of African America
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Adam and Eve, Antoney and Isabella
  • Terms of endearment
  • Practical thoughts, divine mandates, and the Afro-Protestant Press
  • Rights and rituals
  • Myths, memory, and self-realization
  • Getting stories straight, keeping them real
  • Alchemy of personal politics
  • Me, Mende, and Sankofa : an epilogue.