Escaping Matrimony
A Documentary History of Eloping Spouses in Colonial America
Abstract
Escaping Matrimony is a documentary history of hundreds of husbands and wives who ran away from one another over the course of the eighteenth-century. In this collection of elopement advertisements, men and women protested marriage, challenged coverture, and declared themselves independent and free. In an endeavor to discredit and intimidated their spouses, husbands and wives used early American newspapers to achieved at once voice and agency in a complex world that would have preferred that they endured unnoticed and in silence.
Schlagworte
Runaway wives Fugitive husbands American Book History before 1800 Marriage in early America Early American History- 1–32 “Bed and Board” 1–32
- 349–352 Appendix A 349–352
- 353–354 Appendix B 353–354
- 355–360 Appendix C 355–360
- 361–370 Appendix D 361–370
- 371–378 Glossary 371–378
- 379–396 Name Index 379–396
- 397–400 Subject Index 397–400
- 401–402 About the Author 401–402