Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-439) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Marriage, family, and the Loudoun white community -- The white community : patterns of settlement, development, and conflict -- Gender convention and courtship -- Marriage, for better or for worse -- Parenting -- Broken vows and "notorious" endings : divorce -- Pt. 2. Black life, family, and community -- The nature of Loudoun slavery -- Slave family structure -- Slave marriage and family relations -- Free blacks -- Free black family and household economy.
