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Enslaved women in America: from colonial times to Emancipation

By West , Emily

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN
9781442208711, 1442208716, 9781442208728, 1442208724
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6068988 bytes)
Series
African American history series (Lanham Md.)
Edition
First paperback edition
Pages
ix, 157 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
African American women;African American women--His

Description

"For generations female slaves have played prominent roles throughout American history, but more than a century after Emancipation, no comprehensive overview of the history of the female American slave exists. In this book, historian Emily West offers the first comprehensive overview of the lives of enslaved women in America by placing their stories within the broader context of slavery in this country from the colonial era through to the end of the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.;Chronology -- Introduction -- Enslaving African women -- Enslaved women in the colonial era -- Enslaved women in the Revolutionary era and early Republic -- Enslaved women in the antebellum South -- Enslaved women in the Civil War -- Epilogue -- Documents.

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