Dixon, Chris, 1960-

Perfecting the family : antislavery marriages in nineteenth-century America / Chris Dixon. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c1997. - xiii, 322 p. ; 24 cm.

Originally presented as the author's thesis--University of New South Wales, Australia.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-314) and index.

155849068X (cloth : alk. paper)


Abolitionists--Family relationships--History--United States--19th century.
Man-woman relationships--History--United States--19th century.
Families--History--United States--19th century.
Sex role--History--United States--19th century.


Marriage--History--United States--19th century.

E449 / .D6 1997

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