Representations of Slave Women in Discourses on Slavery and Abolition, 1780-1838

Representations of Slave Women in Discourses on Slavery and Abolition, 1780-1838

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This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains n...

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Main Author: Altink, Henrice (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2007
Series:Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures
Subjects:
Humanities
General & world history
proslavery
writers
antislavery
writings
female
flogging
apprentices
african
jamaican
mother
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Summary:This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains not only the purposes that these representations served, but also their effects on slave women's lives.
ISBN:9780203676011
9780415350266;9780415758925;9781134268702;9781134268658
Access:Open Access

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