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Perfecting the Family : Antislavery Marriages in Nineteenth-century America
author
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Dixon, Chris.
publisher
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University of Massachusetts Press
isbn10 | asin
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155849068X
print isbn13
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9781558490680
ebook isbn13
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9780585083353
language
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English
subject
Abolitionists--United States--Family relationships--History--19th century, Man-woman relationships--United States--History--19th century, Marriage--United States--History--19th century, Family--United States--History--19th century, Sex role--United States
publication date
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1997
lcc
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E449.D6 1997eb
ddc
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306.8/0973/09034
subject
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Abolitionists--United States--Family relationships--History--19th century, Man-woman relationships--United States--History--19th century, Marriage--United States--History--19th century, Family--United States--History--19th century, Sex role--United States
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Perfecting The Family
Antislavery Marriages in Nineteenth-Century America
Chris Dixon
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS AMHERST
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Copyright 1997 by The University of Massachusetts Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America LC 96-47627 ISBN 1-55849-068-x Designed by Sally Nichols Set in Adobe Garamond Printed and bound by Braun-Brumfield, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dixon, Chris, 1960 Perfecting the family : antislavery marriages in nineteenth-century America / Chris Dixon. p. cm. Originally presented as the author's thesisUniversity of New South Wales, Australia. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-55849-068-X (cloth : alk. paper) 1. AbolitionistsUnited StatesFamily relationshipsHistory19th century. 2. Man-woman relationshipsUnited StatesHistory19th century. 3. MarriageUnited StatesHistory19th century. 4. Family United StatesHistory19th century. 5. Sex roleUnited States History19th century. 1. Title. E449.D6 1997 306.8'0973'09034dc2196-47627 CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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For Jonk, Max, and Lorna
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Contents
Preface
ix
List of Abbreviations
xiii
Introduction
1
One "The Dreadful Immorality" Slavery and Family Life in Abolitionist Discourse
21
Two From Private to Public Domestic Values and Abolitionism
46
Three The Practice of Domesticity Radical Abolitionists' Experiences of Marriage
83
Four Antislavery Sisters Sorority, Family, and Individualismo
126
Five "A True Manly" Life Abolitionist Men at Home and Beyond
157
Six "My Heart's Dearest Idol" Intimacy and Affection in Abolitionist Marriages
203
Conclusion
234
Notes
241
Bibliography
295
Index
315
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Preface
Of the many issues that have occupied the attention of American reformers, none have been more contentious than race and gender relations. Seeking to bring together these two aspects of the antebellum sisterhood of reforms, this study examines the connections between the family and antislavery in nineteenth-century America. Between the early 1830s and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, many Americans expressed their opposition to slavery. Most did so believing that slavery was the underlying flaw in a basically satisfactory society. A smaller group perceived additional blemishes, such as intemperance and the complicity of the churches in slave-holding. While their controversial demands for the immediate abolition of slavery could seem radical, these people remained conservative in their attitudes to the basic institutions of society, including marriage. The real radicals were those who regarded antislavery as an essential part of a concerted effort to effect
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fundamental reform of the whole society. The most comprehensively radical members of this group tended to be Garrisonian abolitionists. It is from this circle of abolitionists that most of the subjects of this study are drawn. By placing their ideas about family, sexuality, and gender within the context of their familial experiences, and by examining the domestic values and ideals that underpinned the theory and practice of radical abolitionism, I have used abolitionist attitudes and lifestyles as examples of the ways in which cultural abstractions were played out in individual lives. These abolitionists were few in number, but they were social and intellectual pioneers who had a profound influence on nineteenth-century social thought and reform practice.
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