Masterful women : slaveholding widows from the American Revolution through the Civil War /

Many early-19th-century slaveholders considered themselves "masters" not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. This privilege was generally reserved for white males. But as many as one in ten slaveholders was a widow, and as this book demonstrates, slaveh...

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Main Author:	Wood, Kirsten E.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
Subjects:	Slaveholders > Southern States > History. Widows > Southern States > Social conditions. Widows > Southern States > Economic conditions. Slavery > Southern States > History. Widowhood > Southern States > History. Sex role > Southern States > History. Plantation life > Southern States > History. Southern States > History > 1775-1865. Southern States > Social conditions. Southern States > Race relations.
Online Access:	Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:	0807863777 9780807863770 9780807828595 0807828599 9780807855287 0807855286
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central