Gender was a decisive force in slave society. Slave men's experiences differed from those of slave women, who were
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This wide-ranging book presents the first comprehensive and comparative account of the slave trade within the nations an
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Brave black women have played important roles in American history. Before the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, black w
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From the foreword: "1) Makes available the first ever English translation of the pioneering 1522 ordinances on Bla
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"Most slaves in sub-Saharan African were women." With that introductory and revolutionary sentence Robertson a
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In the United States, anyone with even a trace of African American ancestry has been considered black. Even as the twent
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Clare Wightman explores the key issue of gender in explaining the experience of men and women at work. She uses women
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The story of the enslaved West Indian women in the struggle for freedom Enslaved West Indian women had few opportunitie
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A beautifully illustrated collection of profiles of more than 80 goddesses and other powerful women retold for children
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A major new narrative account of the long struggle of Northern activists-both black and white, famous and obscure-to est
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