The Resource Families in crisis in the Old South : divorce, slavery, and the law, Loren Schweninger
Families in crisis in the Old South : divorce, slavery, and the law, Loren Schweninger
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- Summary
- "In the antebellum South, divorce was an explosive issue. As one lawmaker put it, divorce was to be viewed as a form of 'madness, ' and as another asserted, divorce reduced communities to the 'lowest ebb of degeneracy.' How was it that in this climate, the number of divorces rose steadily during the antebellum era? In Families in Crisis in the Old South, Loren Schweninger uses previously unexplored records to argue that the difficulties these divorcing families faced reveal much about the reality of life in a slave-holding society as well as the myriad difficulties confronted by white southern families who chose not to divorce. Basing his argument on almost 800 divorce cases from the southern United States, Schweninger explores the impact of divorce and separation on white families and on the enslaved and provides insights on issues including domestic violence, interracial adultery, alcoholism, insanity, and property relations. He examines how divorce and separation laws changed, how married women's property rights expanded, how definitions of inhuman treatment of wives evolved, and how these divorces challenged conventional mores"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 236 pages)
- Note
- ©2016 Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc
- Contents
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- The evolution of divorce laws
- Adultery and the question of race
- Insanity, alcoholism, abandonment, and abuse
- Lawyers, judges, juries, and decrees
- Married women and property
- Slaves and owners' domestic conflicts
- Label
- Families in crisis in the Old South : divorce, slavery, and the law
- Title
- Families in crisis in the Old South
- Title remainder
- divorce, slavery, and the law
- Statement of responsibility
- Loren Schweninger
- Subject
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- Domestic relations -- United States
- Domestic relations -- United States
- Electronic books
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Wife abuse -- United States
- Wife abuse -- United States
- Adultery -- United States
- Adultery -- United States
- Divorce -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Divorce -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the antebellum South, divorce was an explosive issue. As one lawmaker put it, divorce was to be viewed as a form of 'madness, ' and as another asserted, divorce reduced communities to the 'lowest ebb of degeneracy.' How was it that in this climate, the number of divorces rose steadily during the antebellum era? In Families in Crisis in the Old South, Loren Schweninger uses previously unexplored records to argue that the difficulties these divorcing families faced reveal much about the reality of life in a slave-holding society as well as the myriad difficulties confronted by white southern families who chose not to divorce. Basing his argument on almost 800 divorce cases from the southern United States, Schweninger explores the impact of divorce and separation on white families and on the enslaved and provides insights on issues including domestic violence, interracial adultery, alcoholism, insanity, and property relations. He examines how divorce and separation laws changed, how married women's property rights expanded, how definitions of inhuman treatment of wives evolved, and how these divorces challenged conventional mores"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- NjRocCCS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Schweninger, Loren
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF505
- LC item number
- .S39 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
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- HeinOnline UNC Press law publications
- HeinOnline slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law
- HeinOnline women and the law
- HeinOnline civil rights and social justice
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Domestic relations
- Divorce
- Slavery
- Adultery
- Wife abuse
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- Families in crisis in the Old South : divorce, slavery, and the law, Loren Schweninger
- Note
- ©2016 Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-228) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The evolution of divorce laws -- Adultery and the question of race -- Insanity, alcoholism, abandonment, and abuse -- Lawyers, judges, juries, and decrees -- Married women and property -- Slaves and owners' domestic conflicts
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 236 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Families in crisis in the Old South : divorce, slavery, and the law, Loren Schweninger
- Note
- ©2016 Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-228) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The evolution of divorce laws -- Adultery and the question of race -- Insanity, alcoholism, abandonment, and abuse -- Lawyers, judges, juries, and decrees -- Married women and property -- Slaves and owners' domestic conflicts
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 236 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Specific material designation
- remote
Subject
- Domestic relations -- United States
- Domestic relations -- United States
- Electronic books
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Wife abuse -- United States
- Wife abuse -- United States
- Adultery -- United States
- Adultery -- United States
- Divorce -- Law and legislation -- United States
- Divorce -- Law and legislation -- United States
Genre
Member of
- Civil rights and social justice
- Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law
- UNC Press law publications
- Women & the law
- Women and the law
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