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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: West, Emily, 1971-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2012]
Series:New directions in southern history.
Subjects:
Slavery > Law and legislation > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slaves > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Free blacks > Family relationships > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Free blacks > Legal status, laws, etc. > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Free blacks > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.