More than chattel
Subtitle: Black women and slavery in the Americas
By: edited by David Barry Gaspar and Darlene Clark Hine.
Contributors: Gaspar, David Barry.; Hine, Darlene Clark.
Series: Blacks in the diaspora
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Slavery -- America; Women slaves -- America -- Social conditions; Women, Black -- America -- Social conditions; Antislavery movements -- America
Description: Gender was a decisive force in slave society. Slave men's experiences differed from those of slave women, who were exploited in both reproductive and productive capacities. They did not figure prominently in revolts because they engaged in less confrontational methods of resistance, emphasizing creative struggle to survive dehumanization and abuse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-328) and index.