The African-American family in slavery and emancipation
By: Wilma A. Dunaway.
Series: Studies in modern capitalism
Publisher: Maison des sciences de l'homme/Cambridge University Press; Maison des Sciences de l'homme/Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Slavery -- Social aspects -- United States -- History; African American families -- History; Slaves -- United States -- Social conditions; Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States; Freedmen -- United States -- Social conditions; African Americans -- Social conditions; African American families -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History; Slaves -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Race relations; Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions
Description: "In The African-American Family in Slavery and Emancipation, Wilma Dunaway calls into question the dominant paradigm of the U.S. slave family. She contends that U.S. slavery studies have been flawed by neglect of small plantations and export zones and by exaggeration of slave agency. Using data on population trends and slave narratives, she identifies several profit-maximizing strategies that owners implemented to disrupt and endanger African-American families, including forced labor migrations, structural interference in marriages and child care, sexual exploitation of women, shortfalls in provision of basic survival needs, and ecological risks.

This book is unique in its examination of new threats to family persistence that emerged during the Civil War and Reconstruction."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-352) and index.