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Intimate Reconstructions - Children in Postemancipation Virginia (Hardcover)
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Intimate Reconstructions - Children in Postemancipation Virginia (Hardcover)
Series: A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era
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In Intimate Reconstructions, Catherine Jones considers how children
shaped, and were shaped by, Virginia's Reconstruction. Jones argues
that questions of how to define, treat, reform, or protect children
were never far from the surface of public debate and private
concern in post-Civil War Virginia. Through careful examination of
governmental, institutional, and private records, the author traces
the unpredictable paths black and white children traveled through
this tumultuous period. Putting children at the center of the
narrative reveals the unevenness of the transitions that defined
Virginia in the wake of the Civil War: from slavery to freedom,
from war to peace, and from secession to a restored but fractured
union. While some children emerged from the war under the
protection of families, others navigated treacherous circumstances
on their own. The reconfiguration of postwar households, and
disputes over children's roles within them, fueled broader debates
over public obligations to protect all children. The reorganization
of domestic life was a critical proving ground for Reconstruction.
Freedpeople's efforts to recover children strained against white
Virginians' efforts to retain privileges formerly undergirded by
slavery. At the same time, orphaned children, particularly those
who populated the streets of Virginia's cities, prompted
contentious debate over who had responsibility for their care, as
well as rights to their labor. By revisiting conflicts over the
practices of orphan asylums, apprenticeship, and adoption, Intimate
Reconstructions demonstrates that race continued to shape
children's postwar lives in decisive ways. In private and public,
children were at the heart of Virginians' struggles over the
meanings of emancipation and Confederate defeat.
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