Claiming Union Widowhood – Race, Respectability, and Poverty in the Post–Emancipation South

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Brandi Clay Brimmer analyzes the US pension system from the perspective of poor black women in the period before, during, and after the Civil War outlines the struggles of mothers, wives, and widows of black Union soldiers to claim rights in the face of unjust legislation.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781478011323
ISBN-10: 1478011327
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 8 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press

Cuprins

Cast of Principal Characters ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Part I. A People and a Place
1. Black Life and Labor in New Bern, North Carolina, 1850–1865 23
2. The Black Community in New Bern, 1865–1920 46
Part II. Encountering the State
3. Her Claim is Lawful and Just: Black Women's Petitions for Survivors' Benefits 77
4. Black Women, Claims Agents, and the Pension Network 101
5. Encounters with the State: Black Women and Special Examiners 123
6. Marriage and the Expansion of the Pension System in 1890 144
7. Black Women and Suspensions for "Open and Notorious Cohabitation" 163
8. The Personal Consequences of Union Widowhood 184
Conclusion 205
Notes 217
Bibliography 277
Index 299

Notă biografică

Brandi Clay Brimmer is Associate Professor of History at Spelman College.

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