In my father's house are many mansions : family and community in Edgefield, South Carolina

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Contents List of Tables List of Figures and Maps List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Notes 1. Edgefield, South Carolina Settlement Religion Towns Industry Agriculture Cotton Production Housing Economy Slaveownership Summary Notes 2. Edgefield from the White Perspective Poor Whites Yeoman Middle Class The Elite Class and Conflict Education Southern Honor The Military Patriarchy Notes 3. The White Family and Antebellum Social Structure Family Relations Household Size Youth Exalted Communities Age at Marriage Cousin Marriages Southern Womanhood Divorce, Premarital Sexuality, and Adultery Death Impact of Slavery on the White Family Notes 4. The Slave Family Families as Social Control Slave Marriage Community Religion Brief History of Edgefield's Independent Black Churches Religions as a Means of Social Control Religion as a Buffer Revolutionary Aspects of Religion Male-headed Slave Families Incentives to Marry Parental Authority Youth Naming Patterns Divorce Family and Household Structure Marriage off the Plantation Other Separations Selling Slaves Occupation and Work Gangs The Master-Slave Relationship The Slave Family and White Authority White-Black Sexual Liaisons Summary Notes Section of Illustrations 5. The Free Afro-American in Antebellum Edgefield Landowners Farm Operators Agricultural Laborers Skilled Free Blacks Family and Work Free Black Women Color within the Community Free Blacks and Slaves Free Blacks and Whites Assimilation Harbingers of the Postbellum Rural South Notes 6. The Culture of Postbellum Afro-American Family Life Postbellum Afro-American Families Love and Support between Family Members Hard Work as a Family Value Care and Comfort for the Elderly Family Support in Time of Death Mobility Patterns and Family Ties Family Ties through Correspondence and Visits Kinship Alliances and the Transmittal of Political Values The Church Religious Commitment and Discipline Churches and Education The Churhc and Patriarchal Values Other Organizations and Patriarchal Values Summary Notes 7. Black and White Postbellum Household and Family Structure Family Structure Extended Families Number of Children Parental Authority Afro-American Farming Households Care of Young and Old Postbellum Housing Development for the Former Slaves Afro-American Home Sharing Black and White Households Male-headed Households Female-headed Households Violence toward Black Men Unmarried Women with Children Town and Country Safety in Towns Employment Opportunities for Men Female-headed Households in Towns Gang Laborers Afro-American Churches and Schools Dynamics of Town and Country Notes Conclusion The Myth of Black Matriarchy Origins of the Afro-American Family Notes Appendix 1. Methodology Family Records The Former Slave Narratives The Manuscript Census Returns Coding of Family Types in the Census Total Population Accuracy of Census Records 1870 Census Agricultural Census Mortality Census Accuracy for Edgefield Black-White Comparisons Notes Appendix 2. Occupational Groupings Notes Bibliography Index A B C D-E F G H I-K L-M N O-P Q-R S T U-V W-Y