Bound in wedlock [electronic resource] : slave and free Black marriage in the nineteenth century / Tera W. Hunter.

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Bound in Wedlock is the first comprehensive history of African American marriage in the nineteenth century. Tera W. Hunter reveals the myriad ways couples adopted, adapted, revised and rejected white Christian ideas of marriage, creatively setting their own standards for conjugal relationships unde...

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Main Author:	Hunter, Tera W. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017.
Subjects:	African Americans > Marriage customs and rites > 19th century. African Americans > Social life and customs > 19th century. Enslaved persons > United States > Social conditions > 19th century. Enslaved persons > United States > Social life and customs > 19th century. Free African Americans > Social life and customs > 19th century. Marriage > United States > History > 19th century.
Online Access:	ACLS Humanities Ebooks: 2017 (Handle.Net Permalink) EBSCO eBooks: 2017 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2017 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century
Format:	Electronic eBook

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ACLS Humanities Ebooks: 2017 (Handle.Net Permalink)
EBSCO eBooks: 2017 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2017 (EBSCO)