Gender was a decisive force in slave society. Slave men's experiences differed from those of slave women, who were exploited in both reproductive and productive capacities. They did not figure prominently in revolts because they engaged in less confrontational methods of resistance, emphasizing creative struggle to survive dehumanization and abuse.
Gender was a decisive force in slave society. Slave men's experiences differed from those of slave women, who were exploited in both reproductive and productive capacities. They did not figure prominently in revolts because they engaged in less confrontational methods of resistance, emphasizing creative struggle to survive dehumanization and abuse.
DAVID BARRY GASPAR, Professor of History at Duke University, is the author of Bondmen and Rebels. DARLENE CLARK HINE, John A. Hannah Professor of American History at Michigan State University, is the author of several books, including Black Women in White. She is co-editor of Black Women in America.
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Preface Africa and the Americas 1. Africa in to the Americas? Slavery and Women, the Family and the Sexual Division of Labor-Claire Robertson Life and Labor 2. Women, Work, and Health under Plantation Slavery in the Untied States-Richard H. Steckel 3. Cycles of Work and of Childbearing: Seasonality in Women's Lives on Low Country Plantations-Cheryll Ann Cody 4. Slave Women on the Brazilian Frontier in the Nineteenth Century-Mary Karasch 5. "Loose, idle and Disorderly": Slave Women int he Eighteenth-Century Charleston Marketplace-Robert A. Olwell 6. Black Female Slaves and White Households in Barbados-Hilary Beckles 7. Black Homes, White Homilies: Perceptions of the Slave Family and of Slave Women in Nineteenth-Century Brazil-Robert W. Slenes 8. "Suffer with Them Till Death": Slave Women and Their Children in Nineteenth-Century America-Wilma King 9. Gender Convention, Ideals, and Identity Among Antebellum Virginia Slave Women-Brenda E. Stevenson Slavery, REsistance, and Freedom 10. Hard Labor: Women, Childbirth and Resistance in British Caribbean Slave Societies-Barbara Bush 11. From "the Sense of their Slavery": Slave Women and Resistance in Antigua, 1632-1763-David Barry Gaspar 12. Slave Women and Resistance in the French Caribbean-Bernard Moitt 13. Slave and Free Colored Women in Saint Domingue-David P. Geggus 14. Economic Roles of the Free Women of Color of Cap Francais-Susan M. Socolow 15. Urban Slavery, Urban Freedom: The Manumission of Jacqueline Lemelle-L. Virginia Gould Selected Bibliography Celia E. Naylor-Ojurongbe Notes on Contributors Index
Preface Africa and the Americas 1. Africa in to the Americas? Slavery and Women, the Family and the Sexual Division of Labor-Claire Robertson Life and Labor 2. Women, Work, and Health under Plantation Slavery in the Untied States-Richard H. Steckel 3. Cycles of Work and of Childbearing: Seasonality in Women's Lives on Low Country Plantations-Cheryll Ann Cody 4. Slave Women on the Brazilian Frontier in the Nineteenth Century-Mary Karasch 5. "Loose, idle and Disorderly": Slave Women int he Eighteenth-Century Charleston Marketplace-Robert A. Olwell 6. Black Female Slaves and White Households in Barbados-Hilary Beckles 7. Black Homes, White Homilies: Perceptions of the Slave Family and of Slave Women in Nineteenth-Century Brazil-Robert W. Slenes 8. "Suffer with Them Till Death": Slave Women and Their Children in Nineteenth-Century America-Wilma King 9. Gender Convention, Ideals, and Identity Among Antebellum Virginia Slave Women-Brenda E. Stevenson Slavery, REsistance, and Freedom 10. Hard Labor: Women, Childbirth and Resistance in British Caribbean Slave Societies-Barbara Bush 11. From "the Sense of their Slavery": Slave Women and Resistance in Antigua, 1632-1763-David Barry Gaspar 12. Slave Women and Resistance in the French Caribbean-Bernard Moitt 13. Slave and Free Colored Women in Saint Domingue-David P. Geggus 14. Economic Roles of the Free Women of Color of Cap Francais-Susan M. Socolow 15. Urban Slavery, Urban Freedom: The Manumission of Jacqueline Lemelle-L. Virginia Gould Selected Bibliography Celia E. Naylor-Ojurongbe Notes on Contributors Index
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