Wicked flesh black women, intimacy, and freedom in the Atlantic world
"This book follows African women and women of African descent in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as they move from Africa to the Caribbean to Louisiana. The book looks at how these women used subtle ways to achieve freedom: through marriage, baptism (thereby gaining the support of the c...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Press
2020
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| Schriftenreihe: | Early American studies
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Atlantic Ocean Region / Race relations / History / 18th century
> African American women / Louisiana / New Orleans / History / 18th century
> African American women / Louisiana / New Orleans / Social conditions / 18th century
> Women, Black / Atlantic Ocean Region / History / 18th century
> Women, Black / Atlantic Ocean Region / Social conditions / 18th century
> Slave trade / Social aspects / Atlantic Ocean Region / History / 18th century
> African diaspora / History / 18th century
> African Americans / Kinship / History / 18th century
> Atlantischer Raum
> Schwarze Frau
> Sklavin
> Soziale Situation
> Geschichte 1685-1810
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "This book follows African women and women of African descent in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as they move from Africa to the Caribbean to Louisiana. The book looks at how these women used subtle ways to achieve freedom: through marriage, baptism (thereby gaining the support of the church), property ownership, and writing wills to leave their assets to their descendants. These women were feminists ahead of their time"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 316 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780812252385 |