| FT-54708-06 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | John C. Rodrigue | The Reconstruction of the Plantation Household: Southern Planter Families from Slavery to Segregation | 6/1/2006 - 7/31/2006 | $5,000.00 | John | C. | Rodrigue | | | | Louisiana State University and A&M College | Baton Rouge | LA | 70803-0001 | USA | 2006 | U.S. History | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
This project examines the transformation of relations within planter families in the U.S. South as a result of emancipation. Because slavery shaped all social institutions and relations in antebellum southern society, the abolition of slavery necessitated a redefinition of relations not only between ex-slaveholders and ex-slaves, but also among the members of ex-slaveholding families. It also forced a reconstitution of basic definitions of self and identity within th efamily. Much scholarship considers how emancipation recast relations between former slaveholders and ex-slaves, and even between whites of different social classes, but less attention has been devoted to how emancipation reshaped relations within ex-slaveholding families. |