Masterful Women

Slaveholding Widows From The American Revolution Through The Civil War

by Kirsten E. Wood
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Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS, June of 2004 ‧
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Many early-nineteenth-century slaveholders considered themselves ""masters"" not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. According to historians, the privilege of mastery was reserved for white males. But slaveholding widows enjoyed material, legal, and cultural resources to which most southerners could only aspire.

Masterful Women

Slaveholding Widows From The American Revolution Through The Civil War

by Kirsten E. Wood

Property Description
ISBN: 9780807855287
Publisher: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
Release Date: June of 2004
Language: English
Dimensions: 146 x 237 x 19 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 304
Format: Book
Collection: Studies In The History Of Greece And Rome
Categories: Books in English > History > Story
EAN: 9780807855287

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