Family or freedom
Subtitle: people of color in the antebellum South
By: Emily West
Series: New directions in southern history
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780813136929; 9780813136936; 9780813140858
Subjects: History; Slaves; Family relationships; Law and legislation; Slavery; Legal status, laws; Free blacks
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Presumed enslaved : free people of color and the law in the Southern States; title: Free people of color and residency requests; title: "Traditional" motivations and white perspectives on voluntary enslavement; title: Free people of color and the enslaved; title: Expulsion, enslavement, and ties across the color line.