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In his ``total history'' approach Burton examines the development of a large ru ral community from the late antebellum period to the late 19th century. Home to great Southern families, Edgefield was also a community of yeomen farm ers, free blacks, slaves and freedmen, and town residents. By examining ev ery household in the area over time, Burton discovers that wealth, more than race or class, shaped family struc ture for black and white alike. The ma triarchal black family, Burton shows, was not a product of slavery or emanci pation; it appeared in postbellum towns where only black women could find work. This conclusion challenges many recent interpretations about the black family in freedom. This intensive study invites similar explorations of other communities. Essential for Southern history and major university collec tions. Randall M. Miller, History Dept., St. Joseph's Univ., Philadelphia
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A highly quantified, computerized, and methodologically sophisticated study.
In his ``total history'' approach Burton examines the development of a large ru ral community from the late antebellum period to the late 19th century. Home to great Southern families, Edgefield was also a community of yeomen farm ers, free blacks, slaves and freedmen, and town residents. By examining ev ery household in the area over time, Burton discovers that wealth, more than race or class, shaped family struc ture for black and white alike. The ma triarchal black family, Burton shows, was not a product of slavery or emanci pation; it appeared in postbellum towns where only black women could find work. This conclusion challenges many recent interpretations about the black family in freedom. This intensive study invites similar explorations of other communities. Essential for Southern history and major university collec tions. Randall M. Miller, History Dept., St. Joseph's Univ., Philadelphia
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A highly quantified, computerized, and methodologically sophisticated study.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 132 books | 54 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: white female household heads, black female household heads, white household heads, mortality censuses, black household heads (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: South Carolina, Edgefield Court House, Edgefield County, Francis Pickens, James Henry Hammond (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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Midway between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, Edgefield County (a "district" until 1868) was on the western border of South Carolina, separated from Georgia by the Savannah River (see Map I). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
white female household heads, black female household heads, white household heads, mortality censuses, black household heads, free black landowners, wealthiest quartile, manuscript census returns, free black households, antebellum free blacks, augmented households, women household heads, poorest quartile, matriarchy thesis, free black women, personal estate worth, women heading households, black matriarchy, slave lists, ideal typology, mixed households, free black families, independent black churches, other free blacks, white households Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Carolina, Edgefield Court House, Edgefield County, Francis Pickens, James Henry Hammond, Edgefield Advertiser, Edgefield Village, Edgefield Data Base, Freedmen's Bureau, Preston Brooks, Paris Simkins, Ninety Six, Ben Tillman, Harry Hammond, Beech Island, Lawrence Cain, Louis Wigfall, Matthew Calbraith Butler, Whitfield Brooks, Revolutionary War, Arthur Simkins, George Tillman, William Gregg, Alexander Bettis, Annette Milledge New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Midway between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, Edgefield County (a "district" until 1868) was on the western border of South Carolina, separated from Georgia by the Savannah River (see Map I). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
white female household heads, black female household heads, white household heads, mortality censuses, black household heads, free black landowners, wealthiest quartile, manuscript census returns, free black households, antebellum free blacks, augmented households, women household heads, poorest quartile, matriarchy thesis, free black women, personal estate worth, women heading households, black matriarchy, slave lists, ideal typology, mixed households, free black families, independent black churches, other free blacks, white households Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Carolina, Edgefield Court House, Edgefield County, Francis Pickens, James Henry Hammond, Edgefield Advertiser, Edgefield Village, Edgefield Data Base, Freedmen's Bureau, Preston Brooks, Paris Simkins, Ninety Six, Ben Tillman, Harry Hammond, Beech Island, Lawrence Cain, Louis Wigfall, Matthew Calbraith Butler, Whitfield Brooks, Revolutionary War, Arthur Simkins, George Tillman, William Gregg, Alexander Bettis, Annette Milledge New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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