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Author	West, Emily, 1971-
Title	Chains of love : slave couples in antebellum South Carolina / Emily West.
Published	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.
ISBN	0252029038 (cloth : alk. paper)
URL	Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip045/2003013736.html
Description	x, 184 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject	Slaves -- South Carolina -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
	Slaves -- South Carolina -- Family relationships -- History -- 19th century.
	Couples -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century.
	Man-woman relationships -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century.
	Slaves -- South Carolina -- Biography.
	Slavery -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century .
	Plantation life -- South Carolina -- History -- 19th century.
	South Carolina -- Race relations.
	South Carolina -- History -- 1775-1865.
Bibliography Note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-177) and index.
Contents	Courtship and marriage -- Family life -- Work, gender and status -- Interracial sexual contact -- Enforced separations.
System Number	003077705
Format	<Book>

Location	Main Library E445.S7 W47 2004

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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer’s Project, 1936-1938
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