The particular experience of enslaved women, across different cultures and many different eras is the focus of this work.

The particular experience of enslaved women, across different cultures and many different eras is the focus of this work.

During the era of the Atlantic slave trade, vibrant port cities became home to thousands of Africans in transit. Free and enslaved blacks alike crafted the nece

This groundbreaking collection provides the first comparative history of gender and emancipation in the Atlantic world. Bringing together essays on the United S

When black women were brought from Africa to the New World as slave laborers, their value was determined by their ability to work as well as their potential to