Claiming Union Widowhood: race, respectability, and poverty in the post-emancipation South

"Brandi Clay Brimmer analyzes the US pension system from the perspective of poor black women in the period before, during, and after the Civil War outlines the struggles of mothers, wives, and widows of black Union soldiers to claim rights in the face of unjust legislation."--

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1. Verfasser: Brimmer, Brandi Clay 1973- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Durham Duke University Press 2020
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Zusammenfassung:"Brandi Clay Brimmer analyzes the US pension system from the perspective of poor black women in the period before, during, and after the Civil War outlines the struggles of mothers, wives, and widows of black Union soldiers to claim rights in the face of unjust legislation."--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
A People and a Place -- Black Life and Labor in New Bern, North Carolina, 1850- -- The Black Community in New Bern, 1865-1920 -- Encountering the State -- Her Claim Is Lawful and Just: Black Women's Petitions for Survivors' Benefits -- Black Women, Claims Agents, and the Pension Network -- Encounters with the State: Black Women and Special Examiners -- Marriage and the Expansion of the Pension System in Black Women and Suspensions for "Open and Notorious Cohabitation" -- The Personal Consequences of Union Widowhood
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781478012832
1478012838
DOI:10.1215/9781478012832

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