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Author:

Weiner, Marli Frances, 1953-

Title:

Mistresses and slaves : plantation women in South Carolina, 1830-80 / Marli F. Weiner.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

xii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women slaves--South Carolina--Social conditions.
Plantation owners' spouses--South Carolina--Social conditions.
Plantation life--South Carolina--History--19th century.
Sex role--South Carolina--History--19th century.
South Carolina--Race relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The work lives of plantation slave women -- The work lives of plantation mistresses -- Expectations of white womanhood -- Plantation mistresses' behavior towards slave women -- Plantation mistresses attitudes about slavery -- Slave women confront the ideology of domesticity -- Slave women and the meaning of womanhood -- The experience of war -- The transition to freedom -- Toward the future.

Series:

Women in American history.

ISBN:

9780252066238
0252066235 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252023224
0252023226 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)35762724

LCCN:

96045830

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)