Enslaved Women and the Art of Resistance in Antebellum America
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Enslaved Women and the Art of Resistance in Antebellum America

  1. 295 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Enslaved Women and the Art of Resistance in Antebellum America

About this book

Draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe oppression in the lives of enslaved African women. Investigates pre-colonial West and West Central African women's lives prior to European arrival to recover the cultural traditions and religious practices that helped enslaved women combat violence and oppression.

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Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780230618466
eBook ISBN
9780230100664

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Map and Tables
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. Part 1 Precolonial West Africa: Context and Perspectives
  12. Part 2 Historical Grotesque Realities
  13. Part 3 Yearning for the Beautiful
  14. Notes
  15. Author Index
  16. Subject Index

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