Women and Slavery in America: A Documentary History - Softcover

Lewis, Catherine M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557289581 ISBN 13: 9781557289582

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press, 2011

Synopsis

Women and Slavery offers readers an opportunity to examine the establishment, growth, and evolution of slavery in the United States as it impacted women-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.

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About the Author

Catherine M. Lewis is professor of history, director of the Museum of History and Holocaust Education, and coordinator of the Public History Program at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of a number of books, including The Changing Face of Public History and Don’t Ask What I Shot: How Eisenhower’s Love of Golf Helped Shape 1950s America.

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Women and Slavery offers readers an opportunity to examine the establishment, growth, and evolution of slavery in the United States as it impacted women-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.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557289581
• ISBN 13: 9781557289582
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 330
• Editor: Lewis J. Richard