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Masterful Women

Slaveholding Widows from the American Revolution Through the Civil War

Masterful Women( )
Author: Wood, Kirsten E.
Series title:Gender and American Culture Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8078-5528-7
Publication Date:Jun 2004
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $82.00AUD $57.00
Book Description:

Many early-nineteenth-century slaveholders considered themselves ""masters"" not only over slaves, but also over the institutions of marriage and family. According to historians, the privilege of mastery was reserved for white males. But slaveholding widows enjoyed material, legal, and cultural resources to which most southerners could only aspire.

Book Details
Pages:304
Detailed Subjects: History / Women
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 22.86 x 1.727 cm
Book Weight:0.426 Kilograms



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