Life in black and white: family and community in the slave South

Pt. 1. Marriage, family, and the Loudoun white community

The white community : patterns of settlement, development, and conflict

Gender convention and courtship

Marriage, for better or for worse

Parenting

Broken vows and "notorious" endings : divorce

Pt. 2. Black life, family, and community

The nature of Loudoun slavery

Slave family structure

Slave marriage and family relations

Free blacks

Free black family and household economy.