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I was really interested in the section in Mintz and Kellogg about African American kinship systems and how they made distinctions between themselves and their white owners. The authors state that the slaves did not merely wish to continue their African customs or to deviate completely from their white owners' ways. They combined the two to suit their situation. The thing that jumped out at me was their view on first-cousin marriage. They believed it was incest and this belief was carried over with them from West Africa, while at the same time many Southerners married first-cousins. This goes to show that the slaves put a lot of emphasis on their extended family system. -- Celia | I was really interested in the section in Mintz and Kellogg about African American kinship systems and how they made distinctions between themselves and their white owners. The authors state that the slaves did not merely wish to continue their African customs or to deviate completely from their white owners' ways. They combined the two to suit their situation. The thing that jumped out at me was their view on first-cousin marriage. They believed it was incest and this belief was carried over with them from West Africa, while at the same time many Southerners married first-cousins. This goes to show that the slaves put a lot of emphasis on their extended family system. -- Celia | ||
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| + | I noticed that too about slave families. Another point M&K made were the naming systems slaves used, which were similar to American systems. Just like everyone in Burr Powell's family had either Burr or Powell in their name, Molly got Isaac's name from her family. Often times these names were from former owners, which also mixed the African and American culture.--Amanda | ||
