Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families Across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861 by Joshua D. Rothman

Notorious in the Neighborhood: Sex and Families Across the Color Line in Virginia, 1787-1861

Joshua D. Rothman

358 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Laws and cultural norms militated against interracial sex in Virginia before the Civil War, and yet it was ubiquitous in cities, towns, and plantation communities throughout the state. In Notorious in the Neighborhood, Joshua Rothman examines the ...

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