In this text the author sets forth and then evaulates the images of slave women accumulated in published sources and folklore.

This groundbreaking collection provides the first comparative history of gender and emancipation in the Atlantic world. Bringing together essays on the United S

Social, economic, and labor history of slave women in Barbados from the mid-17th to the mid-19th century.

A groundbreaking collective biography narrating the history of emancipation through the life stories of women of African descent in the Americas.

This volume reflects the main themes of research and publications on the sociology and economics of slavery, illustrating the dynamic relations between modes of