Escaping Matrimony : A Documentary History of Eloping Spouses in Colonial America
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1666910902
ISBN-13
9781666910902
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Lexington Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 24th, 2023
Print length
414 Pages
Weight
758 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 23.70 x 3.50 cms
Product Classification:
United States of America, USAHistory of the AmericasEarly modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900Social & cultural historySociology: family & relationshipsSociology: family, kinship and relationshipsHistoryHistory of the AmericasSocial and cultural history
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This study is a collection of elopement advertisements printed in newspapers throughout British North America.
Escaping Matrimony is a documentary history of hundreds of husbands and wives who ran away from one another over the course of the eighteenth-century. In this collection of elopement advertisements, men and women protested marriage, challenged coverture, and declared themselves independent and free. In an endeavor to discredit and intimidated their spouses, husbands and wives used early American newspapers to achieved at once voice and agency in a complex world that would have preferred that they endured unnoticed and in silence.
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