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Family or freedom : people of color in the antebellum South / Emily West.

Author/creator West, Emily, 1971-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2012.
Description233 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Free Black people--Southern States --History --19th century.
Free Black people--Legal status, laws, etc. --Southern States --History --19th century.
Free Black people--Family relationships --Southern States --History --19th century.
Enslaved persons--Legal status, laws, etc. --Southern States --History --19th century.
Enslaved persons--Family relationships --Southern States --History --19th century.
Slavery--Southern States --History --19th century.
Slavery--Law and legislation --Southern States --History --19th century.
Series New directions in southern history
New directions in southern history. ^A700550
Contents Presumed enslaved : free people of color and the law in the Southern States -- Free people of color and residency requests -- "Traditional" motivations and white perspectives on voluntary enslavement -- Free people of color and the enslaved -- Expulsion, enslavement, and ties across the color line.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012029590
ISBN9780813136929 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN081313692X (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813136936 (epub)
ISBN0813136938 (epub)
ISBN9780813140858 (pdf)
ISBN0813140854 (pdf)

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