Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
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SOUL S ISTA .- Cont inued<br />
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Polygamy ,is .~ - ,su'~jetct, . on. ~ which<br />
many peopha-, have written `'fbr and<br />
against . In Africa the t n~rbtagonists<br />
speak ., .<strong>of</strong> .~ .i .t as ,` ark `~frican<br />
custom and m.ar}ogamy $~trop~an,. 3ut<br />
polygamy vas ,:a . .formi <strong>of</strong> marriage is<br />
practiced in many partsf <strong>of</strong> the<br />
world besides llfrica . It ;_ requires<br />
no definition but for ~t~e r:<br />
purpose<br />
<strong>of</strong> clarity it can be described as a<br />
form <strong>of</strong> ,marriage in which several<br />
r-,<br />
: w. vds ,art united- .to acne, man, each<br />
= , e :- 'having status <strong>of</strong> :a legaL,consort,<br />
"'~~ while ~the :~ <strong>of</strong>fspring a~~ regarded as<br />
legs°1>~childr .en <strong>of</strong> the : ~nu~band,<br />
~- It'i is <strong>of</strong>ten forgo~ .ten that. poly_<br />
' ga?~y i`s not s© much<br />
riage fui~~Iamentally<br />
a fb~rm <strong>of</strong> mar-<br />
~ d s~~nc,t from<br />
monogamy' acs;-;-rather a x~~ltxple monogamy<br />
. : Tt His always, ; - in fact, the<br />
repetition <strong>of</strong> a marriage contract<br />
entered individually with eeicth<br />
9 Y' 4<br />
BLACK' POWER--;: ~ PAGE 12,~
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