What Sorrows Labour in My Parent''s Breast? - A History of the Enslaved Black Family

In What Sorrows Labour in My Parents' Breast?,Brenda Stevenson provides a long overdue concise history to help the reader understand this vitally important African American institution as it evolved and survived under the extreme opposition that the institution of slavery imposed.

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Introduction: The Black Family in the Public Imagination: What's Slavery and Slavery Scholarship Got to Do with It?
Beginnings
Chapter One: Traditions from Whence They Came: Marriage and Family in Western/Central Africa at the Time of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Chapter Two: The Colonial Slave Family: Foundations and Creations
Chapter Three: Traditions of Resistance and Family
The Antebellum Familial Experience
Chapter Four: Antebellum Courtship and Marital Rituals
Chapter Five: Antebellum Family Life
Chapter Six: Death and Resurrection
Conclusion: Bob Samuels' American Family

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By Brenda E. Stevenson

Riassunto

In What Sorrows Labour in My Parents' Breast?, Brenda Stevenson provides a long overdue concise history to help the reader understand this vitally important African American institution as it evolved and survived under the extreme opposition that the institution of slavery imposed.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Brenda E Stevenson, Brenda E. Stevenson, Stevenson Brenda E.
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781442252165
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5216-5
• Pagine: 440
• Serie: The African American Experience Series
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; USA, North America, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Relating to African American people, History of the Americas, C 1600 To C 1700, Black & Asian Studies, USA: The New Nation (c 1783 to c 1800), C 1700 To C 1800, HISTORY / African American & Black, American Civil War and Reconstruction (1861–1877), USA: Colonization and Settlement ( c 1600 to c 1775), American Revolution (1775–1783)