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Author Hilde, Libra Rose, author.

Title Slavery, fatherhood, and paternal duty in African American communities over the long nineteenth century / Libra R. Hilde.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Contents The God part of him : slavery and constraints on fatherhood -- I liked my papa the best : enslaved fathers -- Blasphemous doctrine for a slave to teach : provisioning -- This great object of my life : purchase and escape -- Tuckey buzzard lay me : slavery, sex, and white fathers -- Mortifications peculiarly their own : rape, concubines, and white paternity -- My children is my own : fatherhood and freedom -- Good to us chillum : provisioning in freedom.
Summary "Analyzing published and archival oral histories of formerly enslaved African Americans, Libra R. Hilde explores the meanings of manhood and fatherhood during and after the era of slavery, demonstrating that black men and women articulated a surprisingly broad and consistent vision of paternal duty across more than a century. Complicating the tendency among historians to conflate masculinity within slavery with heroic resistance, Hilde emphasizes that, while some enslaved men openly rebelled, many chose subtle forms of resistance in the context of family and local community. She explains how a significant number of enslaved men served as caretakers to their children and shaped their lives and identities. From the standpoint of enslavers, this was particularly threatening--a man who fed his children built up the master's property, but a man who fed them notions of autonomy put cracks in the edifice of slavery"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Enslaved persons -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Enslaved persons.
United States.
Social conditions.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Masculinity.
Masculinity.
Fatherhood.
Fatherhood.
African Americans -- Family relationships -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans.
Families.
History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
Enslaved persons -- Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Subject Fatherhood.
Other Form: Print version: 9781469660660 1469660660 9781469660677 1469660679 (DLC) 2020015444 (OCoLC)1147885806
ISBN 9781469660691 (electronic book)
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9781469660660
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9781469660677
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