The Cuneys: a southern family in white and black

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dc.creatorHales, Douglas
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-14T23:19:03Z
dc.date.available2011-02-18T18:54:39Z
dc.date.available2016-11-14T23:19:03Z
dc.date.issued2000-08
dc.description.abstractThe study begins with Philip Cuney. He had much in common with other paternalistic slaveholders of the South. He believed in the institution of slavery and had grown accustomed to the lifestyle that the peculiar institution afforded him. By Texas standards, his large tracts of land and his large number of slaves made him a wealthy man. He became a respected and prominent leader in Austin County. Cuney also went into Texas politics and gained some success both before and after Texas became a state. Cuney, like many Southern planters, used his powerful position as a slaveholder to begin a sexual relationship with one of his female slaves. His relationship with his slave Adeline Stuart produced eight slave children. Along with his white wife and children, Cuney in effect had two families, one white and one black.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/8554en_US
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTexas Tech Universityen_US
dc.rights.availabilityUnrestricted.
dc.subjectCuney, Philip Minor, 1807-en_US
dc.subjectCuney-Hare, Maud, 1874-1936en_US
dc.subjectCuney, Norris Wright, 1846-1898en_US
dc.subjectAfrican American families -- Texas -- Historyen_US
dc.subjectAfrican Americans -- Texas -- Biography
dc.titleThe Cuneys: a southern family in white and black
dc.typeDissertation

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