 Like the patriarchs of old our men live all in one house with their wives and their concubines, and the mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children — and every lady tells you who is the father of all the mulatto children in...  Women's Roles in Nineteenth-Century Americavon Tiffany K. Wayne - 2007 - 210 SeitenKeine Leseprobe verfügbar - Über dieses Buch
 | Louis P. Masur - 1999 - 562 Seiten
...monstrous system and wrong and iniquity. Perhaps the rest of the world is as bad — this only I see. Like the patriarchs of old our men live all in one...concubines, and the mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children — and every lady tells you who is the father of all the mulatto... | |
 | Kenneth S. Lynn - 1984 - 242 Seiten
...woman for being a thing we can't name? God forgive us, but ours is a monstrous system and wrong and iniquity. . . . Like the patriarchs of old our men...concubines, and the mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children — and every lady tells you who is the father of all the mulatto... | |
 | Mary Boykin Chesnut, Comer Vann Woodward, Elisabeth Muhlenfeld - 1984 - 324 Seiten
...is a monstrous system & wrong & iniquity. Perhaps the rest of the world is as bad. This oulv I see; like the patriarchs of old our men live all in one house with their wives & their concuhines. 8c the Mulattoes one sees in every family exacdy resemble the white children —... | |
 | Daniel Aaron - 1987 - 430 Seiten
...any decent house. Who thinks any worse of a Negro or mulatto woman for being a thing we can't name? God forgive us, but ours is a monstrous system, a...our men live all in one house with their wives and concubines; and the mulattoes one sees in every family partly resemble the white children. Any lady... | |
 | Dorothy Sterling - 1988 - 230 Seiten
...of wives, but we are only the mistresses of harems," one planter's wife complained. Another wrote, "Like the patriarchs of old, our men live all in one house with their wives and concubines and the mulattoes one sees in every family resemble the white children. My disgust sometimes... | |
 | G. Thomas Couser - 1989 - 298 Seiten
...elsewhere. Who thinks any worse of a Negro or Mulatto woman for being a thing we can't name. . . . Like the patriarchs of old our men live all in one house with their wives & their concubines, & the Mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children. 13... | |
 | William W. Freehling - 1990 - 660 Seiten
...worst of slavery, continued Mrs. Chesnut's protest, is to "live surrounded by prostitutes." Husbands "live all in one house with their wives and their...concubines, and the mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children — and every lady tells you who is the father of all the mulatto... | |
 | Rosalie Stier Calvert - 1991 - 436 Seiten
...Norris of Baltimore and brought her to be the new mistress of Riversdale. GEORGE CALVERT'S OTHER FAMILY Like the patriarchs of old our men live all in one...concubines, and the mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children — and every lady tells you who is the father of all the mulatto... | |
 | Robert N. Rosen - 1994 - 232 Seiten
...is a monstrous system & wrong & iniquity. Perhaps the rest of the world is as bad. This only l see: like the patriarchs of old our men live all in one house with their wives & their concubines, & the Mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children —... | |
 | Margaret Ripley Wolfe - 1995 - 314 Seiten
...system & wrong & iniquity," diarist Mary Boykin Chesnut wrote. (Quoting her seems almost obligatory.) "Like the patriarchs of old, our men live all in one house with their wives & their concubines, & the Mulattoes one sees in every family exactly resemble the white children —... | |
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