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

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
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