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The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South

by John W. Blassingame

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Examines Black pre-Civil War culture and the slave family, detailing sexual attitudes, courtship practices and wedding ceremonies, childrearing, familial roles, language, and discipline.

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Canonical title: The Slave Community: Plantation Life in the Antebellum South
Original publication date: 1972

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 4
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Published: 1972
Genres: History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 975.00496073
LCC: E443 .B55

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