Both Uses of
polygamy
in
The Souls of Black Folk
- He was brought from a definite social environment,—the polygamous clan life under the headship of the chief and the potent influence of the priest.†
Chpt 10 *
- Forced and long-continued toil became the rule of life, the old ties of blood relationship and kinship disappeared, and instead of the family appeared a new polygamy and polyandry, which, in some cases, almost reached promiscuity.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
the practice of being married to more than one person at the same time