'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part

'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 219
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ISBN-10 : 9780199716517
ISBN-13 : 019971651X
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Book Synopsis 'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part by : Frances Smith Foster

Download or read book 'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part written by Frances Smith Foster and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conventional wisdom tells us that marriage was illegal for African Americans during the antebellum era, and that if people married at all, their vows were tenuous ones: "until death or distance do us part." It is an impression that imbues beliefs about black families to this day. But it's a perception primarily based on documents produced by abolitionists, the state, or other partisans. It doesn't tell the whole story. Drawing on a trove of less well-known sources including family histories, folk stories, memoirs, sermons, and especially the fascinating writings from the Afro-Protestant Press,'Til Death or Distance Do Us Part offers a radically different perspective on antebellum love and family life. Frances Smith Foster applies the knowledge she's developed over a lifetime of reading and thinking. Advocating both the potency of skepticism and the importance of story-telling, her book shows the way toward a more genuine, more affirmative understanding of African American romance, both then and now.


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