Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 "As Much Pain as Blows and Kicks" -- The Verbal Cruelties of Husbands and Wives -- Chapter 2 "A Kind of Hell upon Earth" -- The Physical Cruelties of Husbands and Wives -- Chapter 3…
In Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America, Robin C. Sager probes the struggles of aggrieved spouses shedding light on the nature of marriage and violence in the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War. Analyzing over 1,500 divorce records that reveal intimate details …
In Marital Cruelty in Antebellum America, Robin C. Sager probes the struggles of aggrieved spouses, shedding light on the nature of marriage and violence in the United States in the decades prior to the Civil War. Analyzing more than 1,500 divorce records that reveal intimate de…