Bibliograph

Women and slavery in America, a documentary history, edited by Catherine M. Lewis and J. Richard Lewis

Type

Label

Women and slavery in America, a documentary history, edited by Catherine M. Lewis and J. Richard Lewis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Women and slavery in America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

681711729

Responsibility statement

edited by Catherine M. Lewis and J. Richard Lewis

Sub title

a documentary history

Summary

This work offers readers an opportunity to examine the establishment, growth, and evolution of slavery in the United States as it impacted women, including those enslaved and free, African American and white, wealthy and poor, northern and southern. The primary documents, including newspaper articles, broadsides, cartoons, pamphlets, speeches, photographs, memoirs, and editorials, are organized thematically and represent cultural, political, religious, economic, and social perspectives on this dark and complex period in American history

Table Of Contents

Law, custom, and tradition -- Work and daily life -- Building community -- Resisting slavery -- The meaning of freedom

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