A promise made to be broken.

Being a slave meant being property to someone else, to give up all things which are personal and be at the complete mercy of the slave holders. Marriage was allowed for certain slaves, yet even these were rarely conducted in churches or officiated by ministers. For my final year thesis, I would be f...

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Main Author:	Murshida Binte Mohd Mustafa.
Other Authors:	School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	DRNTU::Humanities::Literature
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44790
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Institution:	Nanyang Technological University
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-447902019-12-10T12:48:03Z A promise made to be broken. Murshida Binte Mohd Mustafa. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Jessie Morgan-Owens DRNTU::Humanities::Literature Being a slave meant being property to someone else, to give up all things which are personal and be at the complete mercy of the slave holders. Marriage was allowed for certain slaves, yet even these were rarely conducted in churches or officiated by ministers. For my final year thesis, I would be focusing on slave marriages in 19th century America. Marriage, which is supposed to be the tie that binds two people together, more often than not fails to perform this role when it came to marriages between slaves. I believe that instead of simply giving the assurance to slaves that a marriage can aid in alleviating the tortures of slavery, slave marriages also served to tie the slaves tighter within the binds of slavery. Bachelor of Arts 2011-06-06T00:56:37Z 2011-06-06T00:56:37Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44790 en Nanyang Technological University 34 p. application/msword
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description	Being a slave meant being property to someone else, to give up all things which are personal and be at the complete mercy of the slave holders. Marriage was allowed for certain slaves, yet even these were rarely conducted in churches or officiated by ministers. For my final year thesis, I would be focusing on slave marriages in 19th century America. Marriage, which is supposed to be the tie that binds two people together, more often than not fails to perform this role when it came to marriages between slaves. I believe that instead of simply giving the assurance to slaves that a marriage can aid in alleviating the tortures of slavery, slave marriages also served to tie the slaves tighter within the binds of slavery.
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