'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part

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  • 'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part Book Detail

  • Author : Frances Smith Foster
  • Release Date : 2010-01-12
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 219
  • ISBN 13 : 019971651X
  • File Size : 67,67 MB
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'Til Death Or Distance Do Us Part by Frances Smith Foster PDF Summary

Book Description: 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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