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LEADER: 01873cam a2200337 i 4500
001 2014023939
003 DLC
005 20151224075445.0
008 141023s2015 mdua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014023939
020 $a9781442208711 (cloth : alkaline paper)
020 $z9781442208735 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE443$b.W47 2015
082 00 $a306.3/620820973$223
100 1 $aWest, Emily,$d1971-
245 10 $aEnslaved women in America :$bfrom colonial times to Emancipation /$cEmily West.
264 1 $aLanham, MD :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2015]
300 $aix, 157 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 2 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 143-148) and index.
505 0 $aChronology -- 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.
650 0 $aWomen slaves$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aAfrican American women$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory.