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This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains n...

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Main Author: Altink, Henrice
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, ©2007.
Series:Routledge studies in slave and post-slave societies and cultures ; 3.
Subjects:
Enslaved women > Jamaica > History.
Enslaved women > Jamaica > Public opinion.
Slavery > Jamaica > History.
Femmes esclaves > Jamaïque > Histoire.
Femmes esclaves > Jamaïque > Opinion publique.
Slavery
Enslaved women
Jamaica
proslavery
writers
antislavery
writings
female
flogging
apprentices
african
jamaican
mother
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book analyzes textual representations of Jamaican slave women in three contexts--motherhood, intimate relationships, and work--in both pro- and antislavery writings. Altink examines how British abolitionists and pro-slavery activists represented the slave women to their audiences and explains not only the purposes that these representations served, but also their effects on slave women's lives.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
ISBN:9780203676011
0203676017