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082 0 4 _a305.4209755581
_bL493f 1985
100 1 _aLebsock, Suzanne.
245 1 4 _aThe Free Women of Petersburg : status and Culture in a southern town1784-1860
250 _a1st Norton pbk.
260 _aNew York :
_bNorton,
_c©1984.
300 _axx, 326 pages :
_bmap ; pbk
500 _a"An essay on sources: " p. [250]-260.
505 0 _aPetersburg: the setting -- The political economy of marriage -- Loopholes: separate estates -- Free women of color -- Women alone: property and personalism -- Women working -- Women together: organizations -- On feminism, slavery, and the experience of defeat.
650 0 _aWomen
650 0 _aWomen
650 0 _aWomen
650 0 _aAfrican American women
942 _cBK
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