Women and slavery in the French Antilles, 1635-1848 [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moitt, Bernard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women slaves.

Women slaves--West Indies, French--History.

Women, Black.

Local Subjects:

Women slaves.

Women slaves--West Indies, French--History.

Women, Black.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women and Slavery in the French Antilles, 1635--1848Bernard MoittExamines the reaction of black women to slavery.In Women and Slavery in the French Antilles, 1635--1848, Bernard Moitt argues that gender had a profound effect on the slave plantation system in the French Antilles. He details and analyzes the social condition of enslaved black women in the plantation societies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Domingue (now Haiti), and French Guiana from 1635 to the abolition

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Black Women and the Early Development of the French Antilles; 2 The Atlantic Slave Trade, Black Women, and the Development of the Plantations; 3 Women and Labor: Slave Labor; 4 Women and Labor: Domestic Labor; 5 Marriage, Family Life, Reproduction, and Assault; 6 Discipline and Physical Abuse: Slave Women and the Law; 7 Women and Resistance; 8 Women and Manumission; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-06617-X

0-253-10876-4