Courtship and Love Among the Enslaved in North Carolina

by Rebecca J. Fraser

Book Overview

Through an examination of various couples who were forced to live in slavery, Rebecca J. Fraser argues that slaves found ways to conduct successful courting relationships. In its focus on the processes of courtship among the enslaved, this study offers further insight into the meanings that structured intimate lives.

Establishing their courtships, often across plantations, the enslaved men and women of antebellum North Carolina worked within...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617030384
• ISBN13: 9781617030383
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"