HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Fornication, Free Negro, Code Noir
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Lecture 5: marriage inscribing race and colonialism. Introduction and overview: anglo-american marital ideals v. practices, law, race, and marriage. Lived marriage: william byrd"s diary, virginia using black women"s bodies as leverage prays a lot to ask for forgiveness yet repeats the same sin over and over again: more apologetic to women"s husbands. Marriage = civilization: new england: virginia company, finally flourishing, but need wives, literal building block, 4 men to 1 woman, women of color not appropriate. 150 lb best tobacco leaf: have to pay to virginia company for a wife. Marriage = civilization: new france: many colonists are missionaries and do not have children ask for girls who know how to do something useful , marriage and labor are interconnected. Father henri de la vente, french missionary, state marriage should be permitted between. Frenchification v. de-civilizing: concern that french people will become indian instead of vice versa, competition for women mens" rights to women.
