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Summary:

Scope and content: "For generations female slaves have played prominent roles throughout American history, but more than a century after Emancipation, no comprehensive overview of the history of the female American slave exists. In this book, historian Emily West offers the first comprehensive overview of the lives of enslaved women in America by placing their stories within the broader context of slavery in this country from the colonial era through to the end of the Civil War"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• Chronology
• Introduction
• Enslaving African women
• Enslaved women in the colonial era
• Enslaved women in the Revolutionary era and early Republic
• Enslaved women in the antebellum South
• Enslaved women in the Civil War
• Epilogue
• Documents.

Author/Creator:

West, Emily, 1971-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Enslaved women in America: from colonial times to Emancipation [by West, E.]

Related Series:

African American history series (Lanham, Md.)

Subjects:

Enslaved women — United States — History

African American women — History

Slavery — United States — History

United States — Race relations — History

Women slaves

African American women

Slavery

Race relations

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

E443 .W47 2015eb

ISBNs:

1442208732 (electronic bk.)
9781442208735 (electronic bk.)
9781442208711 (hbk, alkaline paper) [Invalid]
1442208716 (hbk, alkaline paper) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

903981870

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1890561 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12207543