The free women of Petersburg : status and culture in a southern town, 1784-1860 / Suzanne Lebsock.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Norton, 1985, c1984.Description: xx, 326 p. : 1 map ; 21 cmISBN:- 0393952649
- 9780393952643
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"An essay on sources:" p. [250]-260.
Includes index.
Petersburg: the setting -- The political economy of marriage -- Loopholes: separate estates -- Free women of color -- Women alone: property and personalism -- Women working -- Women together: organizations -- On feminism, slavery, and the experience of defeat.