Publication

2003 - University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Language

English

Word Count

85,250 words, Guess

Page Count

341 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • Goodreads4757542

Classifications

  • LCCHQ1031 .R695 2003

Description

This text examines interracial sexual relationships under slavery. While laws militated against interracial sex in Virginia before the Civil War it was ubiquitous throughout the state. The customery toleration of sex across the colour line both supportedand undermined racism.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryMiscegenationSocial aspectsRace relationsVirginia, historyLaw and legislationInterracial marriage

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Other Editions

  • Notorious in the neighborhood: sex and families across the color line in Virginia, 1787-1861University of North Carolina Press2003-01-01

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