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Laboring women : reproduction and gender in New World slavery / Jennifer L. Morgan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgan, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lyle)
- Series:
- Early American studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved women--North America--Social conditions.
- Enslaved women.
- Enslaved women--West Indies, British--Social conditions.
- Sex role--North America--History.
- Sex role.
- Sex role--West Indies, British--History.
- Human reproduction--Social aspects--North America--History.
- Human reproduction.
- Human reproduction--Social aspects--West Indies, British--History.
- Slavery--North America--History.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--West Indies, British--History.
- Race relations.
- History.
- Human reproduction--Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- North America--Race relations.
- North America.
- West Indies, British--Race relations.
- West Indies, British.
- Gender Identity.
- Southeastern United States.
- West Indies.
- Social Problems--history.
- Women--history.
- Black People--history.
- Reproductive Behavior--history.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Stereotyping.
- West Indies--British West Indies.
- Medical Subjects:
- Gender Identity.
- Southeastern United States.
- West Indies.
- Social Problems--history.
- Women--history.
- Black People--history.
- Reproductive Behavior--history.
- Socioeconomic Factors.
- Stereotyping.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Other Title:
- Penn Press e-books.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2004]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- How childbearing among enslaved women became commodified--and was exploited by slaveowners as well as slaves. "Morgan's highly original study transforms our understanding of the fundamental assumptions behind slavery in the Americas."--Kathleen M. Brown, University of Pennsylvania
- Contents:
- "Some could suckle over their shoulder": male travelers, female bodies, and the gendering of racial ideology
- "The number of women doeth much disparayes the whole cargoe": the trans-Atlantic slave trade and west African gender roles
- "The breedings shall goe with their mothers": gender and evolving practices of slaveownership in the English American colonies
- "Hannah and hir children": reproduction and creolization among enslaved women
- "Women's sweat": gender and agricultural labor in the Atlantic world
- "Deluders and seducers of each other": gender and the changing nature of resistance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-271) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780812206371
- 0812206371
- OCLC:
- 802298888
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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