Running from Bondage

ISBN-13: 9781108926720 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Karen Cook Bell

Opis

A compelling examination of the ways enslaved women fought for their freedom during and after the Revolutionary War.

Recenzje

'Bell has offered an invaluable service in bringing to the center those who have held a 'peripheral position' in the historical record.' Ryan C. McIlhenny, Journal of the Early Republic

Spis treści

Introduction: Enslaved women's fugitivity; 1. 'A negro wench named Lucia': Enslaved women during the eighteenth century; 2. 'A mulatto woman named Margaret': Pre-Revolutionary fugitive women; 3. 'A well-dressed woman named Jenny': Revolutionary Black women, 1776–1781; 4. 'A negro woman called Bett': Overcoming obstacles to freedom in Post-Revolutionary America; 5. Confronting the power structures: Marronage and Black women's fugitivity; Conclusion.