Representations of Slave Women in Discourses on Slavery and Abolition, 1780–1838

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
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Routledge 2005 Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis
Edition:	1
Series:	Routledge Studies in Slave and Post-Slave Societies and Cultures
Subjects:	18th century 19th century Abolition of slavery african African Jamaican Woman Anti-slavery Writers antislavery Antislavery Discourse Antislavery Writers apprentices Childbirth Practices Colonialism and imperialism Discourse Essays female Female Apprentices Female Flogging flogging History History and Archaeology History: specific events and topics Imperial & Colonial History Jamaica jamaican Jamaican Slave Women mother Pregnant Slave Women proslavery Proslavery Discourse Proslavery Writers Public opinion Slave Husbands Slave Marriage Slave Men Slave Mother Slave Women Slave Women’s Sexuality Slavery Slaves Social representations United Kingdom White Jamaican Women Women's & Gender History Workhouse Committees Workhouse Officers writers writings Pregnant Slave Women Childbirth Practices Proslavery Writers West India Committee Weaned Children Workhouse Officers Slave Husbands Slave Woman’s Body White Jamaican Jamaican Slave Women Slave Marriage Workhouse Committees Nonconformist Marriages Female Flogging Anti-slavery Writers Slave Women’s Sexuality Slave Mother Antislavery Writers Antislavery Discourse Female Apprentices Slave Men Proslavery Discourse Free Coloured Women African Jamaican Woman Slave Women
ISBN:	9780415350266, 0415350263, 9780415758925, 0415758920, 9781134268696, 113426870X, 9780203676011, 0203676017, 9781134268702, 9781134268658, 1134268653, 1134268696
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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.
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ISBN:	9780415350266 0415350263 9780415758925 0415758920 9781134268696 113426870X 9780203676011 0203676017 9781134268702 9781134268658 1134268653 1134268696
DOI:	10.4324/9780203676011