Ar'n't I a woman? : female slaves in the plantation South / Deborah Gray White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Deborah G. (Deborah Gray), 1949- author.

Contributor:

Chazaud, Jacques, book designer.

W.W. Norton & Company, publisher.

Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group, printer, binder.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enslaved women--Southern States.

Enslaved women.

Plantation life--Southern States--History.

Plantation life.

Southern States.

History.

Enslaved persons--Southern States--Social conditions.

Enslaved persons.

Social conditions.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

216 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Manufacture:

York, Pa : Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group.

Other Title:

Aren't I a woman?

Place of Publication:

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 1985.

Summary:

Explores the situation of slave women in the plantation South and compares the myths that stereotypes them with the reality of their lives.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1-Jezebel and Mammy: The Mythology of Female Slavery

Chapter 2-The Nature of Female Slavery

Chapter 3-The Life Cycle of the Female Slave

Chapter 4-The Female Slave Network

Chapter 5-Men, Women, and Families

Epilogue

After Slavery: Old Patterns and New Myths

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"Copyright ©1985 by Deborah Gray White"--verso of title page.

"The text of this book is composed in Baskerville. Composition and manufacturing by The Maple-Vail Manufacturing Group. Book design by Jacques Chazaud"--verso of title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-208) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy retains dust jacket.

OCLC:

11785433