Braided Relations, Entwined Lives: The Women of Charleston's Urban Slave Society

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Index Page numbers in italics refer to tables. Abuse: of children, 104, 142 (see also Orphan House); of wives, see Domestic abuse. See also Slaves, punishments Adultery: under S.C. law, 80–81, 86–88, 105– 109, 185. See also Divorce; Marriage; Sexual behavior; Sexual relationships, interracial Africa: slaves from, 21, 22, 25, 66. See also Slave trade, transatlantic African Americans. See Brown elite; Free people of color; Slaves; Women, brown elite; Women, free brown or black; Women, slaves African Methodist Episcopal Church, 171 Africans, 2. See also Slaves Age of Charleston population. See Population, Charleston Alimony. See Marriage Alms House. See Poor House American Revolution: British removal of slaves during, 34–35; in and near Charleston , 3, 30–32, 33, 34–36, 39–42, 43–50, 53, 159; disruption of slave society during, 30– 35, 39–40, 47–49, 51, 72–73, 159–60, 212; economic effects of, 41–45, 46, 48, 49, 67; and the ¤rst reconstruction, 4, 51, 53–73, 159–60, 212; free people of color during, 35, 39–40, 47, 159; illness and death during, 39, 45–46, 47, 49–50; laboring women during , 40–47, 213; loyalists during, 31, 32, 34, 35, 39, 42–43, 45, 46–47, 46, 47–48, 49, 55, 56, 153–54, 159, 238n39; master-class women during, 4, 47–52, 53; patriots during , 28, 32, 41, 43–44, 45–46, 48, 49–51, 54, 56, 159; Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Applications, 221–22; petitions, see women’s politicization; slaves during, 31, 32–39, 40, 42, 47, 49, 64, 159, 212, 213; in South Carolina, 30–31, 31, 234n2; widowhood resulting from, 14, 33, 34–35, 44, 47, 49, 52, 59, 106–107, 143, 204; women’s politicization , 28, 36, 42–43, 49, 50–51, 57, 69, 160, 213 Anti-Semitism, 56 Apprenticeship. See Orphan House; Work Arson: suspected acts of, 21, 25, 37, 60, 206. See also Slaves, resistance of Assault. See Crime; Domestic abuse; Sexual exploitation Artisans. See Free people of color; Slaves; Women, by social group; Work Balfour, Colonel Nisbet, 46, 50 Balls: and courting, 85, 91, 158–59, 160–62, 166, 171; and the perpetuation of power, 4, 54, 158, 160, 162, 169–70; during the Revolutionary era, 18, 39–40. See also Marriage; Women, master-class Bastardy. See Crime Bawdy houses. See Prostitutes and prostitution Benevolence. See Charity Black code. See Laws Black loyalists, 34, 235n10. See also American Revolution Boardinghouses: prostitution in, 16, 44, 121, 123, 138; women owners and operators of, 127, 128, 141, 144–45, 145, 154 Brown, Kathleen, 2, 229n2, 230n8 Brown elite: caste and color consciousness of, 68, 91, 92, 93, 104, 135, 170; and church activities, 93, 101, 135, 171, 267n39; formation of, 26–27, 64–66; forms and functions of leisure, 157, 170–71; marriage among, see Marriage; motherhood and childrearing, 170; patriarchy among, 67, 135; public comment on, 92, 93, 170–71; relations with white people, 68, 92, 118; restrictions on, see Free people of color; as slave owners, 92, 93, 118, 261n35; See also Brown Fellowship Society; Free people of color, individuals’ names; Women, brown elite Brown elite, surnames known: Bam¤eld, Barbara Maria Cole, 150; Barquet, Barbara Tunno, 93, 118; Barquet, John Pierre, 93; Bonneau, Jennet (or Jeanette) and Thomas, 93, 135; Cole, Ruth, 150; Deas, Ann, 27, 146–47; Dereef, Joanna, 92; Dereef, Richard E., 93; Eggart, Michael J., 92; Holloway, Elizabeth, 150; Miller, Gabriella, 135; Mishaw, Elizabeth, 135; Noisette, Margaret, 27; Raper, Susanna Cole, 150; Sasportas, Catharine Maria, 118, 155; Waring, Dye, 155; Weston, Maria, 93. See also Free people of color Brown Fellowship Society: formation of, 67; mentioned, 92, 93 Capitation tax. See Free Negro Capitation Tax Charity: and class relations, 48, 73, 132–34; and enforcement of patriarchy, 72–73; home visits, 133, 209–10; as public policy, 154, 184, 205–206, 208–209, 277nn37,39; and race relations, 133–34; women’s work, 48, 49–50, 67–68, 131, 132–35, 210, 218. See also Brown Fellowship Society; Female Charitable Association; German Friendly Society; Ladies Benevolent Society; Ladies Fuel Society; Orphan House; Poor House; Women, master-class Charleston, S.C.: characteristics of work in, 127–31 (see also Work); dif¤culty of travel in, 13, 181–82; diseases and deaths in, 190– 95 (see also Illness and death); economic development, 19–20, 22, 23 (see also Rice; Work); epidemics in, see Epidemics; expansion of city boundaries, 20, 29; founding of, 18–19, 175; geography, topography, and climate of, 11...