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Page 58
The wives and daughters of plant- ers performed an important function on the slave plantation . While they did no manual labor and seldom took personal care of their own children , they supervised and were responsible for the running of ...
The wives and daughters of plant- ers performed an important function on the slave plantation . While they did no manual labor and seldom took personal care of their own children , they supervised and were responsible for the running of ...
Page 60
In addition , the slave woman was valued for her sex and childbearing ability . ... While generalizations about slavery falter on the fact that there were as many varieties of conditions as there were mas- ters , all slaves were ...
In addition , the slave woman was valued for her sex and childbearing ability . ... While generalizations about slavery falter on the fact that there were as many varieties of conditions as there were mas- ters , all slaves were ...
Page 66
One such story was that of Margaret Garner , a slave who had escaped to Cin- cinnati with her husband and four ... When her captors trans- ported her down the Ohio River back to slavery , she allowed her baby to fall overboard " by ...
One such story was that of Margaret Garner , a slave who had escaped to Cin- cinnati with her husband and four ... When her captors trans- ported her down the Ohio River back to slavery , she allowed her baby to fall overboard " by ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |