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

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

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"In Claiming Union Widowhood, Brandi Clay Brimmer analyzes the US pension system from the perspective of poor black women during and after the Civil War. Reconstructing the world of New Bern, North Carolina's grassroots pension network through a broad range of historical sources, she outli...

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Author / Creator: Brimmer, Brandi Clay, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Imprint: Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Minorities > History > 19th century.
Military pensions > United States > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Military pensions > North Carolina.
Widows > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
African American women > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
Women's rights > United States > History > 19th century.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Pensions.
Online Access:Available in e-Duke Books 2020 Collection.

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