Gendered resistance : women, slavery, and the legacy of Margaret Garner /

Gendered resistance : women, slavery, and the legacy of Margaret Garner /

"Inspired by the story of Margaret Garner, who in 1856 slit her daughter's throat rather than have her forced back into slavery, the essays in this collection focus on historical and contemporary examples of resistance, and issues of slavery and freedom from the eighteenth through the twen...

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Other Authors: Frederickson, Mary E. (Editor), Walters, Delores M. (Editor), Hine, Darlene Clark (author of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Series:New Black studies series.
Subjects:
Garner, Margaret, > 1834-1858 > Influence.
Women slaves > United States > Social conditions.
Slaves > United States > Social conditions.
Fugitive slaves > United States > History.
Government, Resistance to > United States > History.
Slavery in literature.
Women slaves > Social conditions.
Women slaves > Violence against.
Sex crimes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global)

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Call Number: E443 .G44 2013
 
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