The African-American family in slavery and emancipation
Title:
The African-American family in slavery and emancipation
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Publication Information:
New York : Maison des Sciences de l'homme/Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Physical Description:
xi, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series:
Studies in modern capitalism
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-352) and index.
Contents:
Slave trading and forced labor migrations -- Family diasporas and parenthood lost -- Malnutrition, ecological risks, and slave mortality -- Reproductive exploitation and child mortality -- Slave household subsistence and women's work -- The impacts of Civil War on slave families -- The risks of emancipation for black families -- Reconstruction threats to black family survival -- Theoretical reprise.
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