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portada 'til Death or Distance do us Part: Love and Marriage in African America
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Physical Book
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Year
2014
Language
English
Pages
220
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780199389704
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'til Death or Distance do us Part: Love and Marriage in African America

Frances Smith Foster (Author) · Oxford University Press · Paperback

'til Death or Distance do us Part: Love and Marriage in African America - Frances Smith Foster

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Synopsis "'til Death or Distance do us Part: Love and Marriage in African America "

Conventional wisdom tells us that marriage was illegal for African Americans during the antebellum era, and that if people married at all, their vows were tenuous ones: "until death or distance do us part." It is an impression that imbues beliefs about black families to this day. But it's a perception primarily based on documents produced by abolitionists, the state, or other partisans. It doesn't tell the whole story. Drawing on a trove of less well-known sources including family histories, folk stories, memoirs, sermons, and especially the fascinating writings from the Afro-Protestant Press,'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part offers a radically different perspective on antebellum love and family life. Frances Smith Foster applies the knowledge she's developed over a lifetime of reading and thinking. Advocating both the potency of skepticism and the importance of story-telling, her book shows the way toward a more genuine, more affirmative understanding of African American romance, both then and now.

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