Dixon, Chris,  1960- <br/><br/>
Perfecting the family :  antislavery marriages in nineteenth-century America / 
Chris Dixon. 
 - Amherst :  University of Massachusetts Press,  �1997. 
 - 1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-314) and index. 
<br/><br/>"The dreadful immorality": Slavery and family life in abolitionist discourse -- From private to public: Domestic values and abolitionism -- The practice of domesticity: Radical abolitionists' experiences of marriage -- Antislavery sisters: Sorority, family, and individualism -- "A true manly" life: Abolitionist men at home and beyond -- "My heart's dearest idol": Intimacy and affliction in abolitionist marriages. 
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<br/><br/> "For three turbulent decades before the outbreak of the Civil War, radical abolitionists labored to reform American society. Some carried the struggle beyond the public crusade against slavery, extending it into the private realm of family relations. Appalled by the horrors inflicted on black families in the Southern slave states, and concerned about the precise meaning of freedom in the North, they sought to make their own marriages into models of affection and equality." - Provided by publisher. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>[S.l.] : <br/>HathiTrust Digital Library, <br/>2010. 
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<br/><br/><br/>English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0585083355 9780585083353 1122054661 9781122054669 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>Geschichte 1800-1900 <br/>Geschichte 1830-1861 <br/>1800-1899 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Abolitionists--Family relationships--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Man-woman relationships--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Marriage--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Families--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Sex role--History--United States--19th century.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--Marriage & Family.<br/>Abolitionists--Family relationships.<br/>Families.<br/>Man-woman relationships.<br/>Marriage.<br/>Sex role.<br/>Familienleben<br/>Abolitionismus<br/>Sklaverei<br/>Abschaffung<br/>United States - General.<br/>Regions & Countries - Americas.<br/>History & Archaeology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.<br/>USA.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E449  / .D6 1997eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.8/0973/09034