Claiming union widowhood : race, respectability, and poverty in the post-emancipation South / Brandi Clay Brimmer.

A People and a Place
Black Life and Labor in New Bern, North Carolina, 1850-
The Black Community in New Bern, 1865-1920
Encountering the State
Her Claim Is Lawful and Just: Black Women's Petitions for Survivors' Benefits
Black Women, Claims Agents, and the Pension Network
Encounters with the State: Black Women and Special Examiners
Marriage and the Expansion of the Pension System in Black Women and Suspensions for "Open and Notorious Cohabitation"
The Personal Consequences of Union Widowhood