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Cambridge University Press

African-American Family in Slavery and Emancipation

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Title: African-American Family in Slavery and Emancipation
Author: Dunaway, Wilma A
ISBN: 9780521012164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003
Binding: Book
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
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American History 1424525

Publisher Description:
Wilma Dunaway contends that studies of the U.S. slave family are flawed by the neglect of small plantations and export zones and the exaggeration of slave agency. Using data on population trends and slave narratives, Dunaway identifies several profit-maximizing strategies that owners implemented to disrupt and endanger African-American families. These effective strategies include forced labor migrations, structural interference in marriages and childcare, 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.