An edition of Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861 (2003)

Notorious in the Neighborhood

Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861

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An edition of Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861 (2003)

Notorious in the Neighborhood

Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861

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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.

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The University of North Carolina Press
Language
English
Pages
360

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History, Miscegenation, Interracial marriage, Race relations, Racially mixed people, Social aspects of Miscegenation, Law and legislation, Virginia, history, Social aspects

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Virginia
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Cover of: Notorious in the Neighborhood
Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861
January 17, 2007, The University of North Carolina Press
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Cover of: Notorious in the Neighborhood
Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861
January 17, 2007, The University of North Carolina Press
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Notorious in the neighborhood
Notorious in the neighborhood: sex and families across the color line in Virginia, 1787-1861
2003, University of North Carolina Press
in English
Cover of: Notorious in the Neighborhood
Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families Across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861
2003, University of North Carolina Press
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"The sexual relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings was not an isolated or even unusual case in Virginia before the Civil War."

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Paperback
Number of pages
360
Dimensions
9.4 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Weight
1.1 pounds

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OL7972848M
ISBN 10
0807854409
ISBN 13
9780807854402
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607765
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300690

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OL8467492W

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