Complex sentence: According to Black Feminist Thought (1990) by Patricia Hill Collins, the life expectancy of enslaved women was 33.6 years, meaning that they died at too young an age to fit the mammy portrayal.
Split into simpler sentences: According to Black Feminist Thought (1990) by Patricia Hill Collins, the life expectancy of enslaved women was 33.6 years. Meaning that they died at too young an age to fit the mammy portrayal.