| Title |
Destroyed by Slavery? Slavery and African American Family Formation Following Emancipation
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Demography, September 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s13524-018-0711-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Melinda C. Miller |
| Abstract |
This study introduces a new sample that links people and families across 1860, 1880, and 1900 census data to explore the intergenerational impact of slavery on black families in the United States. Slaveholding-the number of slaves owned by a single farmer or planter-is used as a proxy for experiences during slavery. Slave family structures varied systematically with slaveholding sizes. Enslaved children on smaller holdings were more likely to be members of single-parent or divided families. On larger holdings, however, children tended to reside in nuclear families. In 1880, a child whose mother had been on a farm with five slaves was 49 % more likely to live in a single-parent household than a child whose mother had been on a farm with 15 slaves. By 1900, slaveholding no longer had an impact. However, children whose parents lived in single-parent households were themselves more likely to live in single-parent households and to have been born outside marriage. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 5 | 36% |
| India | 2 | 14% |
| Unknown | 7 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 9 | 64% |
| Scientists | 4 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 7% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 45 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 11% |
| Researcher | 5 | 11% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 7% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 13 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Social Sciences | 14 | 31% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 27% |
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