The Family Politic: Free African American Gender and Belonging, 1793-1865

Free people of color living in Petersburg, Virginia between the American Revolution and Civil War exercised more control over their lives than their enslaved counterparts but were also subject to restrictive laws and social customs meant to reinforce and propagate ideas of racial inferiority. as Afr...

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Main Author: Wood, Elizabeth Joyce
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2018
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550153878
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6570&context=etd