More Than Chattel: Black Women and Slavery in the Americas (Blacks in the Diaspora) (Paperback)

More Than Chattel: Black Women and Slavery in the Americas (Blacks in the Diaspora) By David Barry Gaspar (Editor), Darlene Clark Hine (Editor) Cover Image
By David Barry Gaspar (Editor), Darlene Clark Hine (Editor)
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". . . a much-needed volume on a neglected topic that is of great interest to scholars of women, slavery, and African American history." --Drew Faust

Gender was a decisive force in shaping slave society. Slave men's experiences differed from those of slave women, who were exploited both in reproductive as well as productive capacities. The women did not figure prominently in revolts, because they engaged in less confrontational resistance, emphasizing creative struggle to survive dehumanization and abuse.

The contributors are Hilary Beckles, Barbara Bush, Cheryl Ann Cody, David Barry Gaspar, David P. Geggus, Virginia Meacham Gould, Mary Karasch, Wilma King, Bernard Moitt, Celia E. Naylor-Ojurongbe, Robert A. Olwell, Claire Robertson, Robert W. Slenes, Susan M. Socolow, Richard H. Steckel, and Brenda E. Stevenson.

About the Author


DAVID BARRY GASPAR, Professor of History at Duke University, is the author of Bondmen and Rebels. DARLENE CLARK HINE, John A. Hannah Professor of American History at Michigan State University, is the author of several books, including Black Women in White. She is co-editor of Black Women in America.


Product Details
ISBN: 9780253210432
ISBN-10: 0253210437
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Date: April 22nd, 1996
Pages: 360
Language: English
Series: Blacks in the Diaspora