Ghosts of slavery
Subtitle: a literary archaeology of Black women's lives
By: Jenny Sharpe.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
Subjects: Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797.; Prince, Mary.; Joanna, 18th cent. -- In literature.; Prince, Mary -- In literature.; Nanny -- In literature.; West Indian literature (English) -- History and criticism.; Slavery in literature.; Women, Black -- West Indies -- Biography -- History and criticism.; Women slaves -- West Indies -- Biography -- History and criticism.; Slave insurrections -- West Indies -- Historiography.; Women, Black -- West Indies -- Intellectual life.; Women slaves -- West Indies -- Intellectual life.; Slaves' writings -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- West Indies.; Women, Black, in literature.; West Indies -- In literature.
Description: Examining the lives of three distinctive Caribbean women (a maroon leader, a mulatto concubine and a fugitive slave), this study explains how the diasporic experience of slavery enabled black women to claim an authority that they didn't possess in Africa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-181) and index.