Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century By Tera W. Hunter
2017 | 416 Pages | ISBN: 0674045718 | PDF | 31 MB
2018 Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women's and/or Gender History, Organization of American Historians2018 Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History―Boston and NantucketA Vibe "5 Books on Slavery that Kanye West Needs to Read" SelectionA Huffington Post "Seven Notable New Books on Slavery" SelectionAmericans have long viewed marriage between a white man and a white woman as a sacred union. But marriages between African Americans have seldom been treated with the same reverence. This discriminatory legacy traces back to centuries of slavery, when the overwhelming majority of black married couples were bound in servitude as well as wedlock. Though their unions were not legally recognized, slaves commonly married, fully aware that their marital bonds would be sustained or nullified according to the whims of white masters.Bound in Wedlock is the first comprehensive history of African American marriage in the nineteenth century. Uncovering the experiences of African American spouses in plantation records, legal and court documents, and pension files, Tera W. Hunter reveals the myriad ways couples adopted, adapted, revised, and rejected white Christian ideas of marriage. Setting their own standards for conjugal relationships, enslaved husbands and wives were creative and, of necessity, practical in starting and supporting families under conditions of uncertainty and cruelty.After emancipation, white racism continued to menace black marriages. Laws passed during Reconstruction, ostensibly to secure the civil rights of newly freed African American citizens, were often coercive and repressive. Informal antebellum traditions of marriage were criminalized, and the new legal regime became a convenient tool for plantation owners to discipline agricultural workers. Recognition of the right of African Americans to enter into wedlock on terms equal to whites would remain a struggle into the Jim Crow era, and its legacy would resonate well into the twentieth century.

Paradox Bound by Peter Clines | 1.57 MB
English | 382 Pages

Title: Paradox Bound
Author: Peter Clines
Year: 2017

Graham Tomlin, "Bound to be Free: The Paradox of Freedom"
English | ISBN: 1472939506 | 2017 | 240 pages | EPUB | 600 KB
Freedom is one of the most cherished ideals of Western culture. Yet that ideal is threatened from without and within in alarming ways in our increasingly polarised world. Could it be that at the heart of our secular vision of freedom there is a fatal flaw, which means it can never square the circle of personal liberty and social cohesion that we all long for? In this accessible, significant and deeply thoughtful book, Graham Tomlin argues that the Christian vision of freedom offers a way to think about liberty that can bring together both personal fulfilment and the health of community life in a way that secular versions have failed to do.

Proxima Bound by Davi Mai
English | MP3@192 kbps | 2h 38m | 217.7 MB
Humanity's last hope rests with the colonists aboard the generational starship Attenborough. Bound for Proxima Centauri, a thousand years away. Catastrophe strikes when a reactor meltdown cuts off those in the ship's front from the rear. Two factions must now struggle to survive.

Weakest Bound Electron Theory and Applications
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811966567 | 331 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 11 MB
This monograph describes the new quantum theory called the weakest bound electron theory (WBE theory) proposed by Prof. Neng-Wu Zheng and its applications. It starts with the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and then illustrates the key points of WBE theory and the mathematical expressions of WBE theory. Finally, it presents a wide range of applications of WBE theory to the chemical and physical properties of atoms and molecules, including energy levels, transition properties, the difference law of ionization energies etc. It appeals to a broad readership, particularly researchers and academics in chemistry, physics, and materials science.

The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan | 4.54 MB
English | 377 Pages

Title: The Buried and the Bound
Author: Rochelle Hassan
Year: 2023

Spiral Bound
by Kirkness, Karen;
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1912085038 | 288 pages | True PDF EPUB | 89.79 MB

Anna Costaras, "The University Bound Organizer: The Ultimate Guide to Successful Applications to American Universities "
English | ISBN: 1642501085 | 2019 | 206 pages | EPUB | 8 MB
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Vera Schiff, "Bound for Theresienstadt: Love, Loss and Resistance in a Nazi Concentration Camp"
English | ISBN: 1476669023 | 2017 | 224 pages | EPUB | 6 MB
Originally constructed in the 18th century as a military barracks by Austrian Emperor Joseph II, Theresienstadt (now Terezin) was used as a ghetto and concentration camp by the Nazis early in World War II in their ruse of peaceful resettlement of the Jews of Europe. Tens of thousands of inmates perished at the camp and many more were sent from there to die at Auschwitz and Treblinka. Presented in a two-fold format, this book features the poignant stories of individuals who were transported to Theresienstadt, as related by Holocaust survivor Vera Schiff, whose entire family was sent to the camp in 1942. Following each narrative, Schiff engages in a wide-ranging discussion with ethics professor Jeff McLaughlin regarding the events of the story, within the broader political, religious and cultural context of what is now the Czech Republic.

Bound and Deceased by Tess Rothery
English | MP3@192 kbps | 7h 45m | 638.9 MB
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