The debate on the strength of slave families: South Carolina and the importance of cross-plantation marriages
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Historians have had difficulties in assessing the extent and nature of slave cross-plantation marriages, as white sources provide no basis for estimating their scale or character. Black sources and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were the main sources for reconstructing the numerical importance of cross-plantation marriages. It is argued that cross-plantation unions accounted for 34% of salve households in antebellum South Carolina, and such marriages were often vigorously supported by the slaves concerned, pointing to the broader resilience of the slave community.
Publication Name: Journal of American Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0021-8758
Year: 1999
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Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and the question of race: an ongoing debate
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The affair of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings was debated and majority of those who had expressed an opinion on the case, now agree that a sexual relationship existed between them and it resulted in a number of children. The way in which the debate has dealt with the issue of race is discussed.
Publication Name: Journal of American Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0021-8758
Year: 2003
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Thomas Morton: from Merry Old England to New England
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The life of Thomas Morton in England as a representative of renaissance is depicted in the article.
Publication Name: Journal of American Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0021-8758
Year: 2007
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