Analyzing published and archival oral histories of formerly enslaved African Americans, Libra R. Hilde explores the meanings of manhood and fatherhood during an

The God part of him : slavery and constraints on fatherhood -- I liked my papa the best : enslaved fathers -- Blasphemous doctrine for a slave to teach : provis

Traces the story of how slaves seized opportunities that emerged from North Carolina's pre-Civil War modernization and economic diversification to protect their

In antebellum society, women were regarded as ideal nurses because of their sympathetic natures. However, they were expected to exercise their talents only in t