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Perfecting the Family: Antislavery Marriages in Nineteenth-Century America
Perfecting the Family Antislavery Marriages in NineteenthCentury America
Author: Chris Dixon
Thirty years before the Civil War, radical abolitionists struggled to reform American society. They extended the crusade against slavery into the family; seeking to make their own marriages into models of affection and equality. Focusing on eight couples, this work explores their domestic lives.
ISBN-13: 9781558490680
ISBN-10: 155849068X
Pages: 322
Edition: 1st ed
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Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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